DESCRIPTION AND USE OF A MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR AIR BAG ACOUSTIC TRANSIENT DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS

In the development and test of air bag personal restraint systems for use in motor vehicles, various design concepts, sizes, and operations suggest that the impulsive noises may differ significantly in both maximum intensity and frequency content. A program was implemented whereby a 'portable'impulse measurement system was acquired and the air bag noises generated by various systems being developed throughout industry were recorded and analyzed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D. C.
• Corporate Authors:

  Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory

  Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
  Dayton, OH  United States  45433
• Authors:
  • Sommer, H C
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 40 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic properties; Air bags; Deployment; Energy; Equipment tests; Inflatable structures; Information processing; Instrumentation; Noise; Pressure; Recording; Safety equipment; Systems engineering; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Impulsive noise; Recording systems; Test equipment
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047309
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: AMRL-TR-73-8 Final Rpt
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1973 12:00AM