PRELIMINARY VEHICLE TESTS - INFLATABLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS

A TEST PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED IN WHICH 12 FULL-SCALE AUTOMOBILES WERE CRASHED UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS TO PROVIDE DETAILED PERFORMANCE DATA ON INFLATABLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (IORS). HEAD, CHEST AND PELVIS, THREE COMPONENT ACCELERATION DATA ARE PRESENTED. FEMUR AND TIBIA FORCES AND VEHICLE ACCELERATION AND CRUSH DATA ARE ALSO SHOWN. SEVERAL DIFFERENT METHODS OF ANALYZING THE IORS ARE DISCUSSED. FROM THESE ANALYSES, IT IS POSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY REASONS FOR MARKED DEVIATIONS FROM NORMAL IORS PERFORMANCE AS WELL AS TO RATE TENTATIVELY THE MORE NORMALLY PERFORMING SYSTEMS. THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED ARE FOUNDED ON QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS. /SAE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 80, No 1, P 148
• Authors:
  • MARTIN, J F
  • ROMEO, D J
• Publication Date: 1972-1

Media Info

• Serial:
  • SAE Journal of Automotive Engineering
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Constraints; Crash tests; Crashes; Quantitative analysis; Testing; Vehicle occupants
• Old TRIS Terms: Inflatable devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221542
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM