Inner Rib Band with damping material

For the validation of the rib module of the WorldSID many different tests have been performed. One single rib consists of two rib bands - an inner and an outer band. On the inner side of the inner band a blue damping material is tied. All ribs are built in a similar way. The difference in the shoulder, thorax and abdomen ribs are in the geometry and in the thickness of the damping material. The rib module is shown in the figure below:

Thorax construction of WorldSID

The inner rib bands with damping material of the shoulder, the third thorax and second abdomen rib are tested. A pendulum test is performed with two different velocities on the single rib band as depicted below:

•  Shoulder Rib:

Shoulder rib test on inner band with damping material

Shoulder rib inner band with damping material, high velocity

  

 

 

•  Third Thorax Rib:

Third thorax rib test on inner band with damping material

 

Third thorax rib inner band with damping material, low velocity

Third thorax rib inner band with damping material, high velocity

 

 

 

 

•  Second Abdomen Rib:

Figure 25: Second abdomen rib test on inner band with damping material

 

Second abdomen rib inner band with damping material, low velocity

 

 

Second abdomen rib inner band with damping material, high velocity