Methods for Laboratory Investigation of Airbag-Induced Thermal Skin Burns 1999-01-1064
Two new techniques for investigating the thermal skin-burn potential of airbags are presented. A reduced-volume airbag test procedure has been developed to obtain airbag pressures that are representative of a dynamic ridedown event during a static deployment. Temperature and heat flux measurements made with this procedure can be used to predict airbag thermal burn potential. Measurements from the reduced-volume procedure are complemented by data obtained using two gas-jet simulators, called heatguns. Gas is vented in controlled bursts from a large, heated, pressurized tank of gas onto a target surface. Heat flux measurements on the target surface have been used to develop quantitative models of the relationships between gas jet characteristics and burn potential.
Citation: Reed, M., Rupp, J., Hardy, W., and Schneider, L., "Methods for Laboratory Investigation of Airbag-Induced Thermal Skin Burns," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-1064, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-1064. Download Citation
Author(s):
Matthew P. Reed, Jonathan D. Rupp, Warren N. Hardy, Lawrence W. Schneider
Affiliated:
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Pages: 9
Event:
International Congress & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Airbag Technology 1999-SP-1411, SAE 1999 Transactions - Journal of Passenger Cars-V108-6
Related Topics:
Airbag systems
Test procedures
Gases
Simulators
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