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Methods for Laboratory Investigation of Airbag-Induced Thermal Skin Burns
Technical Paper
1999-01-1064
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Abstract
Two new techniques for investigating the thermal skin-burn potential of airbags are presented. A reduced-volume airbag test procedure has been developed to obtain airbag pressures that are representative of a dynamic ridedown event during a static deployment. Temperature and heat flux measurements made with this procedure can be used to predict airbag thermal burn potential. Measurements from the reduced-volume procedure are complemented by data obtained using two gas-jet simulators, called heatguns. Gas is vented in controlled bursts from a large, heated, pressurized tank of gas onto a target surface. Heat flux measurements on the target surface have been used to develop quantitative models of the relationships between gas jet characteristics and burn potential.
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Authors
- Matthew P. Reed - University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
- Jonathan D. Rupp - University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
- Warren N. Hardy - University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
- Lawrence W. Schneider - University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Citation
Reed, M., Rupp, J., Hardy, W., and Schneider, L., "Methods for Laboratory Investigation of Airbag-Induced Thermal Skin Burns," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-1064, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-1064.Also In
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