FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION OF THE OCCUPANT BELT INTERACTION: CHEST AND PELVIS DEFORMATION, BELT SLIDING AND SUBMARINING. IN: SEAT BELTS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ESSENTIAL SAFETY FEATURE
A tridimensional finite element model which allows an improved simulation of the occupant/belt interaction in a frontal impact is discussed in this paper. The target system was the 50th percentile Hybrid III dummy restrained by a 3-point retractor belt. This approach allows simulation of the principal aspects of the occupant/belt interaction, and in particular the belt slip over the thorax and pelvis and the deformation of these under belt loading. In general, a good agreement can be observed between model and experiment.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Paper No. 933108, presented at the 37th Stapp Car Crash Conference, San ANtonio, TX, November 1993.
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Corporate Authors:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
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Authors:
- Song, D
- Mack, P
- Tarriere, C
- Brun-Cassan, F
- Le Coz, J Y
- Lavaste, F
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- Publication Date: 2003
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: p. 817-834
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Deformation; Finite element method; Occupant vehicle interface; Pelvis; Restraint systems; Simulated annealing; Three point restraint systems
- Uncontrolled Terms: Hybrid III dummy; Submarining
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00978828
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0768011221
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 9 2004 12:00AM