STUDY OF DRIVER INTERACTIONS WITH AN INFLATING AIR CUSHION

Conceptually, a steering wheel mounted air cushion is inflated before the upper torso of the driver significantly interacts with the cushion. However, this might not be the case for some seating postures or vehicle crash environments which could cause the driver to significantly interact with an inflating cushion. This paper reports on experiments that utilized several environments to study the interaction between an inflating driver air cushion and mechanical surrogates. In these laboratory environments, the measured responses of mechanical surrogates increased with diminishing distance between the surrogate's sternum and the steering wheel mounted air cushion.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings from the 23rd Stapp Car Crash Conference held in San Diego, California, October 17-19, 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Authors:
  • Horsch, J D
  • Culver, C C
• Conference:
  • Proceedings from the 23rd Stapp Car Crash Conference held in San Diego, California, October 17-19, 1979.
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 799-823

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air cushion vehicles; Automobile drivers; Automobiles; Crash cushions; Drivers; Impact tests; Safety equipment; Simulation; Steering wheels; Testing; Traffic crashes
• Old TRIS Terms: Air cushion; Air cushions; Crash simulations; Driver-air cushion interaction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I95: Vehicle Inspection;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00317028
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: P-82
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 8 1980 12:00AM