COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CRASH SENSORS

720035

02/01/1972

Event
1972 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
Techniques and principles for evaluating and comparing various crash sensor concepts are discussed. The trade-off criteria include: crash/rough-road discrimination, target lethality, component reliability, zone of protection, environmental susceptibility, and other criteria. Within the context of hardware performance characteristics, currently prominent devices are described including: inertial mass, spring mass, piezoelectric and piezoresistive accelerometers, radar, sonar, and laser predictive sensors, and bumper mounted detectors. An example of the assessment method is presented, comparing an inertial mass and a spring mass detector.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/720035
Pages
32
Citation
JONES, T., McCARTER, O., and OGLESBY, R., "COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CRASH SENSORS," SAE Technical Paper 720035, 1972, https://doi.org/10.4271/720035.
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Published
Feb 1, 1972
Product Code
720035
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English