Performance evaluation of door and seat side-impact airbags for passenger van and sport-utility vehicles.

Author(s)
Gopal, M. & Anne, V.
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Abstract

In this study, a MADYMO three-dimensional (3D) model of a generic passenger van/sport-utility type vehicle is created and correlated to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 214 side impact crash test. This model is used to evaluate both door and seat mounted side airbag designs in different orientations at standard test impact condition and at a higher speed. The results are presented and the significance of side airbag design foroccupant protection is discussed. (A)

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C 11365 (In: C 11347) /91 / IRRD 492365
Source

In: Airbag technology : papers presented at the 1998 SAE International Congress & Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 23-26, 1998, SAE technical paper 980912, p. 153-157, 4 ref.

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