Safety Belt Buckle Inertial Responses in Laboratory and Crash Tests 950887
Laboratory testing measured the response of a 1984 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer seatbelt buckle to impact on the back of the buckle. The peak acceleration, pulse duration and webbing tension were recorded to map the unique circumstances necessary to inertially unlatch the buckle. The conditions necessary to inertially unlatch the buckle in the laboratory were compared with the measured buckle responses in fifteen sled tests and six rollover crash tests using anthropomorphic dummies. All of the crash tested buckles remained latched and all had dynamic responses well below those required to produce inertial unlatching. Dummy hip areas were measured to be significantly stiffer than humans. Buckle accelerations measured in the “parlor trick” of intentionally striking the hip with a buckle are not representative of crash conditions.
Citation: Moffatt, E., Thomas, T., and Cooper, E., "Safety Belt Buckle Inertial Responses in Laboratory and Crash Tests," SAE Technical Paper 950887, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/950887. Download Citation
Author(s):
Edward A. Moffatt, Terry M. Thomas, Eddie R. Cooper
Pages: 19
Event:
International Congress & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Advances in Occupant Protection Technologies for the Mid-Nineties-SP-1077, Seat Belts: The Development of An Essential Safety Feature-PT-92, SAE 1995 Transactions: Journal of Passenger Cars-V104-6
Related Topics:
Impact tests
Safety belts
Anthropometric test devices
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Crashes
Vehicle acceleration
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