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Evaluation of Child Restraint Devices Using Computer Animation
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Stapp Car Crash Conference
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English
Abstract
A technique has been developed to study the effects of the vehicle interior on the performance of child safety seats. Child safety seat sled tests are used to define the kinematics of the seat and child in a crash situation. Computer animation of this motion is superimposed on the motion of the actual vehicle crash tests giving an estimation of the kinematics of the child and child seat in a real crash situation. The significance of the vehicle interior and the interference of the vehicle interior with the child's kinematics is presented within the computer animation. The analysis is conducted using a single child restraint device in multiple seating conditions within a single vehicle.
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Wiechel, J., Leeman, R., MacLaughlin, T., and Guenther, D., "Evaluation of Child Restraint Devices Using Computer Animation," SAE Technical Paper 922529, 1992, https://doi.org/10.4271/922529.Also In
References
- Code of Federal Regulations 49 Part 571.213 U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 1991
- “Occupant Response and Vehicle Acceleration in a 30 MPH Frontal Impact Test” 1978 Contract Number DOT-HS-6-01477 US DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Washington December 1978