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An Evaluation of Airbag Tank-Test Results
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The evaluation of the performance of a particular inflator for the design of the entire airbag system is typically carried out by examining the pressure pattern in a standard tank test. This study assesses the adequacy of the tank test as a true measure of the likely performance of the actual inflator-airbag system. Theoretical arguments, numerical experiments, and physical experiments show that the time rate of pressure change may be an appropriate measure to evaluate performance of a specific type of inflator, particularly if variations in the inflator design maintain the same working gas components. However, when evaluating and comparing the dynamic behavior between different types of inflators, the time rate of pressure change provides useful but incomplete information.
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Nusholtz, G., Wang, D., and Wylie, E., "An Evaluation of Airbag Tank-Test Results," SAE Technical Paper 980864, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/980864.Also In
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