• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.959-964
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• 2010

Seat belt is an important means to protect drivers and passengers from the damages by car accidents. Many ways to increase the seat belt wearing rate have been proposed through human factors researches. The primary ways to increase seat belt use rate have emphasized the intention-behavior cycle. This study focused on the gap between intention and behavior. The gap may be bridged by the habit for seat belt use behavior. Divers following a desirable car starting sequence, from sitting on the chair, fastening seat belt, starting engine to moving a car, reported that higher belt wearing rate and unconscious behavior (automated response). That is, the habitualized procedure knowledge prevented drivers from forgetting to fasten their seat belt. The reminder systems such as warning light and warning sound could not significantly give an influence in remembering to fasten seat belt. In order to increase the seat belt use rate, the desirable car starting procedure should be included in the driving education program.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.205-212
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• 2003

This paper may provide a basic design data for the safer car seat mechanism and the quality of the material used by finding out the passenger's dynamic behavior when protected by seat belt during collision. A computer simulation with finite element method is used to accomplish this objective. At first, a detailed geometric model of the seat is constructed using CAD program. The formation of a finite element from a geometric data of the seat is carried out using Hyper-Mesh that is the commercial software for mesh generation and post processing. In addition to seat modeling, the finite element model of seat belt and dummy is formed using the same software. Rear impact analysis is accomplished using Pam-Crash with crash pulse. The part of the recliner and right frame is under big stress in rear crash analysis because the acceleration force is exerted on the back of the seat by dummy. The stress condition of the part of the bracket is checked as well because it is considered as an important variable on the seat design. Front impact model which including dummy and seal belt is analyzed. A Part of anchor buckle of seat frame has high stress distribution because of retraction force due to forward motion of dummy at the moment of collision. On the basis of the analysis result, remodeling and reanalysis works had been repeatedly done until a satisfactory result is obtained.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.145-154
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• 2003

Occupant simulation models have been used to study trends or specific design changes in several typical crash situations. The ATB, Articulated Total Body, was developed and used to predict gross human body responses to vehicle crashes and pilot ejections. Since the ATB source code is open to public, the user can add their own defined modules and functions. The introduction of seat belts into cars significantly decreased the injury risk of passengers in frontal impacts. In this paper, a new seat belt model was developed and implemented into the ATB. For this purpose, a subroutine of the new seat belt was constructed. A force-deflection function was added to replace an existing function to consider energy absorption. The function includes hysteresis effects of the experiment data of the loading and unloading parts of the seat belt load-extension curve. Moreover, this belt model considers a slip between ellipsoid and belt segments. This paper attempted to validate the ATB program which includes the subroutine of new belt models comparing with the real car frontal crash experiments and MADYMO frontal models. The analysis focusses on the human movement and body accelerations.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.10-15
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• 2012

The design of automobile occupant seat belt system has been studied by using MADYMO. Based on the FMVSS 208 (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards 208) and the USNCAP (United States New Car Assessment Program) regulations, seat belt design parameters were chosen for the design improvement to the 5th percentile female dummy: limit force of load limiter, time to fire of shoulder belt, inlet length of shoulder belt, inlet length of lap belt. The design of experiment method was employed to optimize the design parameters of passenger seat belt. Range of injury probability due to the change of H-point position was estimated by the simulation.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.127-137
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• 2016

좌석 안전띠는 자동차 안전장치 중 차량의 안전상 가장 중요하고 효과적인 장치로 알려져 왔다. 우리나라의 경우 운해중 안전띠의 착용률, 특히 뒷좌석의 착용률이 낮다. 최근 조사 자료에 의하면 뒷좌석의 안전띠 착용률은 20%의 수준이다. 최근 좌석 안전띠 미착용 알림장치(Seat Belt Reminder, SBR)를 의무화하는 것을 고려중에 있다. 본 연구는 SBR의 의무화할 경우의 도입효과에 대한 분석이다. 본 연구에서 안전띠 착용효과는 해외의 연구사례(Evans(1991) 모형)를 준용하였다. 주요 변수로 안전띠 초기착용률은 국내 조사자료, SBR로 인한 목표 착용률은 운전자 순응도에 따른 시나리오에 따라 추정하였다. 연구 결과, 좌석안전띠 미착용 경고장치의 운전자 순응비율이 90%이상일 경우 매해 119명의 사망자의 감소효과를 가져올 것이고, 편익비용비가 1.84에 달할 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.259-260
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• 2010

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.662-670
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• 2001

We evaluate the effectiveness and validity of J(sub)e, which comprehensively describes the effects of specimen geometry and loading type, in predicting the fatigue life of auto seat belt anchor panel. We first simplify the heat affected zone model to reduce the number of finite elements. We then establish finite element models reflecting the actual overload behavior of 3 types of seat belt anchor specimens. Using finite element models elaborately established, we obtain the effective crack driving parameter J(sub)e composed of its ductility-dependent modal components. It is confirmed that the J(sub)e concept successfully predicts the fatigue life of multi-spot welded panel structures represented by auto seat belt anchors here.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.185-190
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is developing the quantify the seat belt pulling Noise index and evaluation method. This paper presents the objective method to evaluate the emotional feeling about the pulling Noise of the seat belt. The physical quantification is required to objectively evaluate the emotional feeling of the pulling Noise. This is called the "Noise metric." The Noise metric is should correlated to the subjective rating of the pulling Noise. The pulling Noise index is developed throughout the linear regression of the Noise metric and the subjective rating. The developed index is used for the objective evaluation of the emotional feeling about the pulling Noise of a seat belt throughout the modification of seat belt components.

• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2015

The protection of frontal seat passengers in both driver and front seated occupant has been more focused from the auto industries as well as regulatory bodies more than 40 years. Recently, their interests have been extended to rear seat occupants especially children and female occupants. However, the current available safety devices for the rear seat occupants are seat belt only. According to the previous researchers, the injury level of the rear seat passengers tend to be higher than the injury level of the frontal seat passengers. In this study, the optimal location of seat belts anchorages to enhance rear passengers crashworthiness are studied. FEM models are designed in accordance with regulation of KMVSS102, UN R44, UN R16, and UN R14. and three point belts are fitted on the HybridIII 5th percentile dummy and HybridIII 50th percentile dummy. The combined injury value used HIC15, Nij, Chest deflection, Femur force are used to evaluate rear seat belt anchorage optimal locations.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.724-730
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• 2015

각종 산업현장의 현장 작업자들이 안전 벨트를 제대로 착용하지 않아서 발생하는 안전사고는 매년 꾸준히 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 개인 안전벨트 모니터링 시스템은 작업자가 안전벨트를 착용하지 않고 작업을 진행할 경우 알림음을 울림으로써 작업자가 안전벨트를 제대로 착용하도록 하였다. 또한 그와 동시에 관리자가 실시간으로 작업자들의 안전 벨트 착용 여부를 모니터링함으로써 안전장비를 제대로 착용하지 않아서 발생하는 안전사고를 예방할 수 있도록 하였다.