SAFETY BELT BUCKLE INERTIAL RESPONSES IN LABORATORY AND CRASH TESTS

Laboratory testing measured the response of a 1984 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer seat belt buckle to impact on the back of the buckle. The peak acceleration, pulse duration and webbing tension were recorded to map the unique circumstances necessary to inertially unlatch the buckle. The conditions necessary to inertially unlatch the buckle in the laboratory were compared with the measured buckle responses in fifteen sled tests and rollover crash tests using anthropometric dummies. All of the crash tested buckles remained latched and all had the dynamic response well below those required to produce inertial unlatching. Dummy hip areas were measured to be significantly stiffer than humans. Buckle accelerations measured in the "parlor trick" of intentionally striking the hip with a buckle are not representative of crash conditions. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 875168.

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  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Authors:
  • Moffatt, E A
  • Thomas, T M
  • Cooper, E R
• Publication Date: 1995-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 193-210
• Serial:
  • SAE-PUBLICATION SP-1077. ADVANCES IN OCCUPANT PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE MID-NINETIES. (SAE TECHNICAL PAPER 950887)
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Anthropometry; Buckles (Fasteners); Building materials; Conferences; Crash tests; Design; Dummies; Hip; Laboratories; Manual safety belts; Overturning; Rubber; Seat belts; Tension; Test procedures
• ITRD Terms: 5405: Acceleration; 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 1475: Buckle (safety belt); 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 2003: Hip (human); 1648: Impact test (crash); 6237: Laboratory (not an organization); 4555: Material (constr); 1637: Overturning (veh); 7494: Rubber; 1476: Safety belt; 5502: Tension; 6288: Test method
• Subject Areas: Design; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00719711
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 1-56091-627-3
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 26 1996 12:00AM