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.
• 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
• Conference:
  • Paper No. 933108, presented at the 37th Stapp Car Crash Conference, San ANtonio, TX, November 1993.
• 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