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http://dx.doi.org/10.7467/KSAE.2012.20.5.001

Improvement of Passenger Airbag Based on the Injury Assessment of the 5th Percentile Female Dummy  

Kwon, Yul (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University)
Kim, Kwon-Hee (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University)
Son, Chang-Kyu (Technical Center, GM Korea Company)
Kim, Hyung-Il (Technical Center, GM Korea Company)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers / v.20, no.5, 2012 , pp. 1-7 More about this Journal
Abstract
Automobile airbag deployment process has been studied with MADYMO software. Based on the FMVSS208 and USNCAP(United States New Car Assessment Program) regulations, four parameters were chosen for the design improvement with reference to the 5th percentile female passenger dummy: time to fire, vent hole size, tether length and tank test pressure of inflator. Sensitivity analyses based on orthogonal arrays show that enhanced protection of small females can be achieved with improved USNCAP rating within the boundary of FMVSS 208.
Keywords
Passenger airbag; MADYMO; FMVSS 208; USNCAP(Unite States New Car Assessment Program); Airbag design parameters; Orthogonal array;
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