DETERMINATION OF RESTRAINT EFFECTIVENESS - AIRBAG CRASH TEST REPEATABILITY. SAE PT-31, PASSENGER CAR INFLATABLE RESTRAINT SYSTEMS: A COMPENDIUM OF PUBLISHED SAFETY RESEARCH

Thirty-three airbag-equipped mercury cars were crash tested at three different test laboratories in order to determine the repeatability of test results in the proposed FMVSS 208 procedure. Nine hybrid-ii crash dummies were used. There were significant inconsistencies in results from the three testing agencies; by comparison, the different dummies caused little or no difference in test results; there was a large component of test variability due to uncontrolled and generally unknown factors operating in each test crash. For the covering abstract see IRRD 810752. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Versace, J
  • Berton, R J
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 37-45
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Automobiles; Crash tests; Crashes; Measures of effectiveness; Test procedures; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Repeatability
• ITRD Terms: 1465: Air bag (restraint system); 1243: Car; 5911: Efficiency; 1648: Impact test (crash); 6237: Laboratory (not an organization); 5927: Reproducibility; 6288: Test method
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00480353
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-89883-119-9
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE Tech Pap 750395
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1989 12:00AM