Evaluation of child restraint devices using computer animation.

Author(s)
Wiechel, J.F. Leeman, R.W. MacLaughlin, T.F. & Guenther, D.A.
Year
Abstract

A technique has been developed to study the effects of the vehicle interior on the performance of child safety seats. Child safety seat sled tests are used to define the kinematics of the seat and child in a crash situation. Computer animation of this motion is superimposed on the motion of the actual vehicle crash tests giving an estimation of the kinematics of the child and child seat in a real crash situation. The significance of the vehicle interior and the interference of the vehicle interior with the child's kinematics is presented within the computer animation. The analysis is conducted using a single child restraint device in multiple seating conditions within a single vehicle.

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Library number
C 1080 (In: C 1061 [electronic version only]) /91 / IRRD 856912
Source

In: Proceedings of the thirty-sixth Stapp Car Crash Conference, Seattle, Washington, November 2-4, 1992, p. 261-272, 2 ref.

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