DETERMINATION OF RESTRAINT EFFECTIVENESS - Airbag Crash Test Repeatability 750395
Thirty-three airbag-equipped Mercury cars were crash tested at three different test laboratories in order to determine the repeatability of test results in the proposed FMVSS 208 procedure. Nine Hybrid-II crash dummies were used. There were significant inconsistencies in results from the three testing agencies; by comparison, the different dummies caused little or no difference in test results; there was a large component of test variability due to uncontrolled and generally unknown factors operating in each test crash.
Citation: Versace, J. and Berton, R., "DETERMINATION OF RESTRAINT EFFECTIVENESS - Airbag Crash Test Repeatability," SAE Technical Paper 750395, 1975, https://doi.org/10.4271/750395. Download Citation
Author(s):
John Versace, Roger J. Berton
Affiliated:
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Pages: 9
Event:
1975 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Passenger Car Inflatable Restraint Systems-A Compendium of Published Safety Research-PT-31, SAE 1975 Transactions-V84-A
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