Methods for laboratory investigation of airbag-induced thermal skin burns.

Author(s)
Reed, M.P. Rupp, J.D. Hardy, W.N. & Schneider, L.W.
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Abstract

In this paper, two new techniques for investigating the thermal skin burn potential of airbags are presented. A reduced-volume airbag test procedure has been developed to obtain airbag pressures that are representative of a dynamic ridedown event during a static deployment. Temperature and heat flux measurements made with this procedure can be used to predict airbag thermal burn potential. Measurements from the reduced-volume procedure are complemented by data obtained using two gas-jet simulators, called heatguns. Gas is vented in controlled bursts from a large, heated, pressurized tank of gas onto a target surface. Heat flux measurements on the target surface have been used to develop quantitative models of the relationships between gas jet characteristics and burn potential. (A)

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C 14889 (In: C 14877) /84 /91 / IRRD E201720
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In: Air bag technology 1999 : papers presented at the 1999 SAE International Congress & Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, March 1-4, 1999, SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-1064, p. 93-99, 4 ref.

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