Title: A study on the effect of safety-belts on subcompact-car occupants in head-on collisions - using scale models

Authors: M. Morisawa, T.B. Sato

Addresses: Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Musashi Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. ' Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio Gijuku University, Yokohama-shi, Japan

Abstract: Hitherto, using scale model cars, we have determined car behaviour in barrier impacts, head-on impacts and right angle side impacts with a stationary car and with a moving car. In this paper, head injury criteria, lap and shoulder belt loads, and the hip displacement of a subcompact car|s belted occupant are examined when the car collides head-on with a compact car moving at the same speed in mixed traffic. Simplified scale-model belts and occupants in scale-model cars made by conventional methods were used.

Keywords: head-on collisions; safety belts; vehicle design; vehicle safety; seat belts; barrier impacts; head-on impacts; side impacts; modelling.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.1986.061165

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 1986 Vol.7 No.5/6, pp.63 - 75

Published online: 25 May 2014 *

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