COMPUTER EXPERIMENTS FOR OPTIMAL FMVSS (FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD) 208 AND NCAP (NEW CAR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM) PERFORMANCE

A design strategy to simultaneously address the interaction of airbag and belt systems and the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 208 and the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) was investigated. This design strategy was implemented using a math-based methodology for a midsize car passenger side restraint system. A number of airbag and safety belt design variables were examined and optimized resulting in improved NCAP performance for the midsize car used in the simulations. The result of this study shows that this math-based methodology could be used to project the potential performance of restraint systems for future vehicle programs. As is the usual recommended procedure for math-based results of highly complex nonlinear mechanical analyses of the type under consideration herein, test validation should be carried out prior to implementation of specific results in a production program. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 879189.

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  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Authors:
  • DENG, Y-C
  • WANG, J T
• Conference:
  • SAE PUBLICATION P-279. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 38TH STAPP CAR CRASH CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 4, 1994, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, USA (SAE TECHNICAL PAPER 942230)
• Publication Date: 1994-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 371-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Computer programs; Conferences; Design; Manual safety belts; Mathematical models; Quality assurance; Simulation
• ITRD Terms: 1465: Air bag (restraint system); 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 6473: Mathematical model; 9123: Quality assurance; 1476: Safety belt; 9103: Simulation; 8645: Software
• Subject Areas: Design;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00724081
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 1-56091-543-9
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 19 1996 12:00AM