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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"occupant safety"”.
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USING THE XBOX KINECT TO DETECT FEATURES OF THE FLOOR SURFACE
… independent. Because these robots have a human occupant, safety is the highest priority, and the robot must be able to detect hazards like holes, stairs, or obstacles. Furthermore, to ensure safe navigation, wheelchairs often need to locate and navigate on ramps. The results demonstrate how data …
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Investigating the Thoracic Biomechanical Responses of Rear Seated 50th Percentile Male Anthropomorphic Test Devices and Post Mortem Human Surrogates During Frontal Motor Vehicle Collisions
… exposure for adults riding in the rear seat, the safety of these passengers needs to be evaluated. Previous research has shown that occupant protection in the rear seat is disproportionately lower than that of the front seat in modern vehicles due to the focus on front seat occupants in both …
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Real-Time Processing and Visualization of High-Volume Smart Infrastructure Data Using Open-Source Technologies
… how the dashboard can aid decisions about occupant safety and structural maintenance.
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Crashworthiness Multi-Material Topology Optimization for Minimum Mass
… these lightweight structures crashworthiness and occupant safety is continually important to all stakeholders. Industry standard lightweighting tools such as topology optimization (TO) and emerging techniques like multi-material topology optimization (MMTO) are effective for designing lightweight …
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Computational Investigation of Factors Influencing Vehicle Passengers' Safety Performance in Automated Driving Systems (ADS)
… mitigating injury risks for vehicle occupants has become increasingly critical. This dissertation presents computational investigations into key factors influencing passenger safety, with a focus on pre-crash maneuvers, and rear seat safety in mid-sized male occupants. \\ \\Initially, …
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Glass curtain wall and anchorage system response under blast loading
… Blast hazards continue to pose a threat to occupant safety. To address such problems, research and development of blast-resistant materials and structures continue to be a critical need. In addition, the development of engineering analysis and design methodologies is necessary; that can be …
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Occupant Responses of Relaxed and Braced 5th Percentile Female and 50th Percentile Male Volunteers during Low-Speed Frontal and Frontal-Oblique Sled Tests
… emergency braking necessitates understanding of occupant responses during low-speed frontal pre-crash braking and low-severity crash events. Active human body models (HBMs) have emerged as valuable tools to evaluate occupant safety during these events, but must be validated with relevant …
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Protection of Rear Seat Occupants Using Finite Element Analysis
… occur in the front seats because the majority of occupants sit in the front seats. Traditionally, the rear seats were safer than the front seats because a front seated occupant would be closer to rigid structures such as the steering wheel, and they would be closer to the location of the impact. …
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Study of Occupant Model Capability to Quantify Injury Risk for eVTOL Vehicles
… test of a Fokker F28 MK1000 aircraft to study occupant injury risks. The goal of the current study was to investigate the injury predictions of the Global Human Body Models Consortium (GHBMC) and Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS) occupant models in the tested aircraft crash condition and …
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Investigation of W-Beam Energy-Absorbing Guardrail End Terminal Safety Performance Using Finite Element Modeling
… which has attracted attention in the highway safety community on the vehicle-based injury criteria used in guardrail regulations. The objectives of this study were 1) to develop and validate a Finite Element (FE) model of the ET-Plus, a commonly used energy-absorbing guardrail end terminal; 2) …
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Material efficiency in architectural glass and façade design: Steps toward reuse
… to advance other performance criteria such as occupant safety and user comfort, has stimulated the evolution of façade systems that serve numerous functions. Increased functionality has been achieved through the use of a broader range of material resources, advanced processing methods, and more …