Computer experiments for optimal Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard FMVSS 208 and New Car Assessment Program NCAP performance.

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Deng, Y.-C. & Wang, J.T.
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Abstract

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)

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C 4537 (In: C 4511 [electronic version only]) /91 / IRRD 879215
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In: Proceedings of the 38th Stapp Car Crash conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October 31 - November 4, 1994, p. 371-378, 7 ref.

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