Energy Absorber for Vehicle Occupant Safety and Survivability

Abstract

(U) A DESIGN WAS DEVELOPED FOR A NEW TYPE OF IMPACT ENERGY ABSORBER. THIS DEVICE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO DEMONSTRATE FAVORABLE APPLICATION TO VEHICLE OCCUPANT SAFETY IN CRASH AND SECONDARY IMPACT EVENTS. SIMULATION DATA INVOLVING IMPACTS BETWEEN AN ANTHROPOMETRIC DUMMY HEAD AND THE ABSORBER IS PRESENTED TO ILLUSTRATE OCCUPANT PROTECTION PERFORMANCE UNDER VARIOUS IMPACT LOADING CONDITIONS.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 22, 2006
Accession Number
ADA465405

Entities

People

  • David M. Fox

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Collisions
  • Energy
  • Energy Absorbers
  • Geometry
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Head Injuries
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Survivability
  • Tactical Vehicles
  • Thickness
  • Vehicles
  • Windshields

Readers

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