scholarly journals Assessment of Nanobag as a New Safety System in the Frontal Sled Test

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Špička ◽  
Tomasz Bońkowski ◽  
Luděk Hynčík ◽  
Alojz Hanuliak
Keyword(s):  
Material Model ◽  
Safety System ◽  
Crash Test ◽  
Human Body Model ◽  
Test Scenario ◽  
Sled Test ◽  
Frontal Impacts ◽  
Injury Criteria ◽  
Extended Application ◽  
Safety Systems

Objective: The future mobility challenges leads to considering new safety systems to protect vehicle passengers in non-standard and complex seating configurations. The objective of this study is to assess the performance of a brand new safety system called nanobag and to compare it to the traditional airbag performance in the frontal sled test scenario. Methods: The nanobag technology is assessed in the frontal crash test scenario and compared with the standard airbag by numerical simulation. The previously identified material model is used to assemble the nanobag numerical model. The paper exploits an existing validated human body model to assess the performance of the nanobag safety system. Using both the new nanobag and the standard airbag, the sled test numerical simulations with the variation of human bodies are performed in 30 km/h and 50 km/h frontal impacts. Results: The sled test results for both the nanobag and the standard airbag based on injury criteria shows a good and acceptable performance of the nanobag safety system compared to the traditional airbag. Conclusion: The results show that the nanobag system has its performance compared to the standard airbag, which means that thanks to the design, the nanobag safety system has a high potential and extended application for multi-directional protection against impact.

Injury Criteria Based Optimisation of Automobile Passive Safety Systems to Mitigate the Effects of Full-Frontal Automobile Collisions

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volkan Esat
Keyword(s):  
Interior Design ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Safety System ◽  
Passive Safety ◽  
Steering Wheel ◽  
System Parameters ◽  
Passive Safety Systems ◽  
Injury Criteria ◽  
Passive Safety System ◽  
Safety Systems

Passive safety systems such as airbags, seat belts, and interior structural design of the automobile play a significant role in injury prevention of the occupant during collisions. Important design and operation parameters of the passive safety systems such as airbag firing times and steering wheel position as an interior design attribute potentially affect the dynamics of the occupant during impact and determine the amount of mitigation of a possible injury. This research aims to contribute towards improving passive safety systems in automobile design for mitigation of injuries by optimising the features and parameters of various subsystems such as driver’s airbag and steering wheel. Two separate computational models, a 5th percentile female and a 50th percentile male, comprising of a typical automobile interior with passive safety systems are constructed in the specialised impact simulation software MADYMO. Two different crash pulses of 30 kph and 48 kph are applied to the computational human body models in full-frontal crashes. Passive safety system parameters; in particular, airbag firing times and steering wheel column angles, are varied to investigate their effects on the head, neck and upper torso through injury criteria. Injury criteria predictions are employed in optimisation algorithms to figure out the best combinations for passive safety system parameters in order to mitigate possible injuries for all drivers.

The Effect of Vehicles Steering Tilt Angle Impact Human Thorax

2013 ◽  
Vol 397-400 ◽  
pp. 585-588
Author(s):  
Zhi Hua Cai ◽  
Feng Chong Lan ◽  
Ji Qing Chen
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Contact Force ◽  
Tilt Angle ◽  
Head Injuries ◽  
Steering Wheel ◽  
Human Body Model ◽  
Body Model ◽  
Frontal Impacts ◽  
Wheel Rim ◽  
Human Thorax

Thorax injuries are common in vehicular accidents, second only to head injuries. Unbelted drivers of vehicles are more likely to suffer thorax injuries from steering wheel contact in frontal impacts. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects the steering wheel tilt angle (0, 20, 40, and 60) impact to the thorax of human body model with respect to thorax deflection and steering wheel rim contact interaction. To understanding of the human thorax sensitivity to steering wheel tilt angle on the force and deflection response using finite element simulations. It was found that the thorax response is sensitive to changes in steering wheel tilt angle. The contact force, Sternal displacement were the key parameters to be observed and compared. The results show that the contact force increased when the steering wheel tilt angle was bigger, the response was quicker. Low steering wheel tilt resulted in greater deformation. The greater the contact force, the deformation of the sternum but reduced when thorax impact the steering wheel, According to ECE R12 steering wheel regulation ,use force regulations to assessment the injury of the thorax is not accurate enough when human thorax impact the steering wheel.

Performance of Hood System and Head Injury Criteria Subjected to Frontal Impacts

2012 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 270-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Mai Nursherida ◽  
Sahari B. Barkawi ◽  
A.A. Nuraini ◽  
Aidy Ali ◽  
A.A. Faieza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head Injury ◽  
Mild Steel ◽  
Epoxy Composite ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Plane Failure ◽  
Head Injury Criterion ◽  
Frontal Impacts ◽  
Injury Criteria ◽  
Head Injury Criteria ◽  
Protective Performance

The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of steel and composite material on pedestrian head injury criteria of hood system. The hood is made of mild steel and aluminum, e-glass/epoxy composite and carbon epoxy composite are studied and characterized by impact modeling using LS-DYNA V971 in accordance with United States New Car Assessment Program (US-NCAP) frontal impact velocity and based on European Enhanced Vehicle-safety Committee. The most important variable of this structure are mass, material, internal energy, and Head Injury Criterion (HIC). The results are compared with hood made of mild steel. Three types of materials are used which consists of mild steel as reference materials, Aluminum AA5182, E-glass/epoxy composite and carbon fiber/epoxy composite with four different fiber configurations. The in-plane failure behaviors of the composites were evaluated by using Tsai Wu failure criterion. The results for the composite materials are compared to that of steel to find the best material with lowest HIC values. In order to evaluate the protective performance of the baseline hood, the Finite Element models of 50th percentile an adult pedestrian dummy is used in parallel to impact the hood. It was found that aluminum AA5182 hood can reduce the Head Injury Criterion (HIC) by comparing with the baseline hood. For pedestrian crash, it is observed that Aluminum AA5182 hood gave the lowest HIC value with 549.70 for HIC15 and 883.00 for HIC36 followed by steel hood with 657.40 for HIC15 and 980.90 for HIC36, e-glass/epoxy composite hood with 639.60 for HIC15 and 921.70 for HIC36 and carbon/epoxy composite hood with 1197.00 for HIC15 and 1424.00 for HIC36.

Analysis on Safety System Operating Characteristic of SCWR

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Liu ◽  
Tao Zhou ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Ali Shahzad Muhammad ◽  
Juan Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Passive Control ◽  
Harmonic Oscillation ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Safety System ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
Safety Control ◽  
Passive Safety Systems ◽  
Pressure Control System ◽  
Safety Systems

In this paper, operating characteristics of the safety system of Chinese Supercritical Water-cooled Reactor (CSR1000) is described. Selecting CSR1000 as the focus of research, and it’s active and passive safety systems are analyzed in turn. A comparison is given between these two types of safety systems. Henceforth, the features of the safety control systems of CSR1000 are obtained. The results show that for the active systems, the control speed of the pressure control system is the fastest and that of the power control system is the slowest. It is observed that the active control system exhibits simple harmonic oscillation. On the other hand, the control feature of passive control system is stable. In addition, coupling the safety systems can ensure the safety of CSR1000 in the event of a loss of flow accident (LOFA).

Preliminary Study of the Application of PEFS on PCWA

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianhua Cao ◽  
Xiangang Fu ◽  
Xianghui Lu ◽  
Xiaohua Jiang
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Steam Generator ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Safety System ◽  
Plant Design ◽  
Active Safety Systems ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Environmental Goals ◽  
Safety Features ◽  
Safety Systems

Developing the advanced nuclear power plant design to meet the demanding safety, efficiency and environmental goals of electric utilities requires great efforts. A passive emergency feedwater system (PEFS) combined with other passive engineering safety features (PESF) is introduced into PCWA (Passive Combined With Active) designs. The typical accidents are calculated and analyzed for this safety system design, especially steam generator tube rupture (SGTR). It is preliminarily concluded that this safety system design in PCWA makes a great balance between passive and active safety systems, and no radioactive liquid was released to the environment except some steam from affected steam generator.

scholarly journals Numerical simulation of crashworthiness parameters for design optimization of an automotive crash-box

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Prabhaharan S. A. ◽  
G. Balaji ◽  
Krishnamoorthy Annamalai
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Energy Absorption ◽  
Absorption Capacity ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Crash Test ◽  
Testing Time ◽  
Frontal Impacts ◽  
Design Variables ◽  
Esi Group

Automotive manufacturers rely on rigorous testing and simulations to construct their vehicles durable and safe in all aspects. One such vital factor is crash safety, otherwise known as crashworthiness. Crash tests are conventional forms of non-destructive methods to validate the vehicle for its crashworthiness and compatibility based on different operating conditions. The frontal impact test is the most primary form of crash test, which focuses on improving passenger's safety and comfort. According to NHTSA, a vehicle is rated based on these safety criteria, for which automobile manufacturers conduct a plethora of crash-related studies. Numerical simulation aids them in cutting down testing time and overall cost endured by providing a reliable amount of insights into the process. The current study is aimed at improving the crashworthiness of a crash box in a lightweight passenger car, such that it becomes more energy absorbent in terms of frontal impacts. All necessary parameters such as energy absorption, mean crush force, specific energy absorption, crush force efficiencies are evaluated based on analytical and finite element methods. There was a decent agreement between the analytical and simulation results, with an accuracy of 97%. The crashworthiness of the crash box was improved with the help of DOE-based response surface methodology (RSM). The RSM approach helped in improving the design of the crash box with enhanced EA & CFE by 30% and 8.8% respectively. The investigation of design variables on the energy absorption capacity of the thin-walled structure was also done. For the axial impact simulations, finite element solver Virtual Performance Solution − Pam Crash from the ESI group is used.

scholarly journals Women's Safety System

2019 ◽  
pp. 34-36
Author(s):  
Nivetha S ◽  
Suganthi R
Keyword(s):  
Safety System ◽  
Alternative Method ◽  
Safety Systems

Although a lot of women safety systems are already available in the market but still a more sophisticated system is required to provide more safety and security. Thus in this paper an alternative method is proposed for women security that may serve as a better alternative to rest of the available security methods. Here the system is designed around Arduino micro-controller that uses GPS, GSM, watch, shockwave generation circuit and an accelerometer for better security.

Performance Evaluation of HIC Component Testing Device With a Flexible Neck Using Computational Model

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandrashekhar K. Thorbole ◽  
Hamid M. Lankarani
Keyword(s):  
Head Injury ◽  
Computational Model ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Crash Test ◽  
Testing Device ◽  
Dynamic Conditions ◽  
Component Testing ◽  
Injury Criteria ◽  
Head Injury Criteria

The Head Injury Criteria (HIC) compliance is an important aircraft interior furnishing certification. This certification confirms the compliance of the HIC requirement as per 14CFR 23.562 [1] and 14 CFR 25.562 [2]. Full scale crash sled tests are widely used destructive test method to show the required compliance of head injury criteria. This method is costly, time consuming and non repeatable. Factors such as sled pulse shape, belt slack, seating posture of the dummy results change in the dynamic conditions which ultimately affect the HIC value. This poses a significant challenge and high costs to the manufactures to show the compliance of aircraft interior furnishings for the certification process. These factors compel the development of alternative method to certify the cabin furnishings for HIC compliance without consuming aircraft seats, which is more repeatable and non time consuming. The laboratory HIC component tester is the device developed to duplicate the full scale crash HIC result. This device is capable to produce similar dynamic conditions upon impact with the test article resulting duplication of the full scale crash test result. The current model is developed with the rigid neck of polycarbonate unlike the flexible neck of Hybrid II part 572 ATD (Anthropomorphic Test Dummy). This study investigates the scope of improvement in dynamic characteristic of the HCTD (HIC Component Testing Device) with flexible neck. Flexible neck performance is evaluated using validated computational model of the HCTD. The computational model is used to simulate the correlation between the HCTD with rigid neck and HCTD with flexible neck with FSST (Full Scale Sled Test). The result demonstrates that HTCD correlates well with the FSST when flexible neck is used and provides conservative results with rigid neck.

Head and Neck Response of an Active Human Body Model and Finite Element Anthropometric Test Device During a Linear Impactor Helmet Test

2019 ◽  
Vol 142 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Bruneau ◽  
Duane S. Cronin
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Muscle Activation ◽  
Fe Model ◽  
Human Body Model ◽  
Neck Stiffness ◽  
Body Model ◽  
Injury Criteria ◽  
Hybrid Iii ◽  
Primary Impact

Abstract It has been proposed that neck muscle activation may play a role in head response resulting from impacts in American Football. The importance of neck stiffness and active musculature in the standard linear impactor helmet test was assessed using a detailed head and neck finite element (FE) model from a current human body model (HBM) compared to a validated hybrid III head and neck FE model. The models were assessed for bare-head and helmeted impacts at three speeds (5.5, 7.4, and 9.3 m/s) and three impact orientations. The HBM head and neck was assessed without muscle activation and with a high level of muscle activation representing a braced condition. The HBM and hybrid III had an average cross-correlation rating of 0.89 for acceleration in the primary impact direction, indicating excellent correspondence regardless of muscle activation. Differences were identified in the axial head acceleration, attributed to axial neck stiffness (correlation rating of 0.45), but these differences did not have a large effect on the overall head response using existing head response metrics (head injury criteria, brain injury criteria, and head impact power). Although responses that develop over longer durations following the impact differed slightly, such as the moment at the base of the neck, this occurred later in time, and therefore, did not considerably affect the short-term head kinematics in the primary impact direction. Though muscle activation did not play a strong role in the head response for the test configurations considered, muscle activation may play a role in longer duration events.

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