EFFECT OF VEHICLE BODY CRASHWORTHINESS ON OCCUPANT INJURIES

The predominant factors affecting occupant injury during a crash are vehicle crashworthiness, occupant restraint system and so on. The parametric study of vehicle crashworthiness by finite element method (FEM) is not easy to carry out. The mathematical simulation which is rather incomplete as a simulation method allows us to conduct parametric studies and can give us some ideas of how to improve vehicle crashworthiness. Both methods, when combined, compensate each other and lead us toward the effective development of safe vehicles. Here, a parametric study has been conducted with a mathematical model of a vehicle and then the outputs have been applied to the occupant kinematics model in order to determine the effectiveness of vehicle crashworthiness.

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• Authors:
  • NAKAHAMA, R
  • HASHIMOTO, M
• Publication Date: 1988-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 52-57
• Serial:
  • JSAE Review
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan
  • ISSN: 0389-4304
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03894304

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashworthiness; Finite element method; Injuries; Kinematics; Mathematical models; Motor vehicles; Vehicle occupants; Vehicle safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490075
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 508
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 31 1989 12:00AM