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Passive Vehicle Safety as Cars Grow Smaller
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The increasing importance of fuel economy causes cars to become smaller while passenger size requires certain minimum interior dimensions, especially to meet the requirements of passive safety. This has become an extreme challenge to automotive engineering. Providing the highest amount of interior space out of given weight limits while using conventional, cheap and easy to-handle materials stimulates new design philosophies.
Various possibilities of increasing the passive safety of passenger cars by optimizing the structure and restraint systems while retaining the vehicle size, or, while maintaining the same degree of passenger protection, reducing the vehicle size will be described.
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Schimkat, H. and Weissner, R., "Passive Vehicle Safety as Cars Grow Smaller," SAE Technical Paper 780282, 1978, https://doi.org/10.4271/780282.Also In
References
- Bauer A. Schimkat H. “Aspects of Occupant Safety and Comfort in Weight Conscious Passenger Car.” SAWE-Paper No. 1140 1976
- Weissner R. Berlin 1976
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- Volkswagenwerk AG, Research and Development “Realistic Compatibility Concepts and Associated Testing” 6th ESV-Conference Washington 1976