A laboratory technique for assessing the skin abrasion potential of airbags.

Author(s)
Reed, M.P. & Schneider, L.W.
Year
Abstract

In recent investigations of airbag deployments, drivers have reported abrasions to the face, neck and forearms due to deploying airbags. A study of the airbag design and deployment parameters affecting the incidence and severity of abrasions caused by driver-side airbags has produced the development of a laboratory test procedure to evaluate the potential of an airbag design to cause skin injury. This report describes the procedure, which is based on static deployments of airbags into a cylindrical test fixture. The target area is covered with a material that responds to abrasion-producing events in a manner related to human skin tolerance. Test results show excellent correlation with abrasion with abrasion injuries produced by airbag deployments into the skin of human volunteers. (A)

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Library number
C 6587 (In: C 6579 [electronic version only]) /91 / IRRD 886374
Source

In: Frontal impact protection : seat belts and air bags : international congress & exposition, Detroit, Michigan, March 1-5, 1993, SAE technical paper 930644, p. 79-84, 2 ref.

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