Advanced Restraint Systems (ARS) Final Report

This report presents a summary of the work performed during the Advanced Restraint Systems (ARS) project. The primary objective of this effort was to evaluate the potential benefit of using pre-crash information associated with two unique crash configurations (one vehicle-to-vehicle scenario and one vehicle-to-object scenario) to tailor an advanced restraint system to the occupant and crash type. The project work encompassed the Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) analysis of these two crash modes, as well as the identification, development, integration and physical evaluation of a prototype advanced restraints system within a targeted baseline vehicle environment. For each mode, injury assessments were made for the small, mid-size, and large driver and passenger occupants in either a combination of CAE and vehicle testing or with solely CAE analysis. With three different occupants and two crash modes at two different speeds, 24 different “load cases,” 12 for the driver and 12 for the passenger, were studied. This project was conducted by the Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership (CAMP) ARS Consortium (Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Mercedes-Benz).

• Record URL:
  http://www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/NVS/Crashworthiness/Small%20Overlap%20and%20Oblique%20Research/811794A.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership

  27220 Haggerty Road, Suite D-1
  Farmington Hills, MI  United States  48331
• Authors:
  • Cassatta, Stephen
  • Cuddihy, Mark
  • Huber, Mark
  • Struck, Matthias
  • Weerappuli, Para
  • Scavnicky, Mike
• Publication Date: 2013-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 109p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Computer aided design; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crash types; Occupant protection devices; Restraint systems; Seat belts
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01493385
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 811 794A
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-05-H-01277
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 20 2013 9:04AM