Defining the Criteria for Air Bag Activation in Passenger Vehicles

The criteria for air bag activation in passenger vehicles are complex. This book provides the numerous and different algorithms and input variables and conditions for air bag deployment. In eight case studies, we compare the actual black box recorded data of when the air bag activates, with our predicted activation values, based on accident reconstruction. With certain rules and exceptions in mind, this approach can be used as a useful forensic analysis tool in vehicle crashes.

About the author

Kenneth Alvin Solomon, Ph.D., P.E., Post Ph.D., retired from RAND as Senior Scientist after nearly 23 years of service. He served as faculty at The RAND Graduate School and Adjunct Faculty at UCLA, USC, The Naval Post Graduate School, and George Mason University, publishing approximately 200 peer-reviewed papers and fourteen prior books.

Product details

• Authors: Wei-Kuan Chao, Wei-Kuang Chao, Je Kendall, Jesse Kendall, Kenneth Alvi Solomon, Kenneth Alvin Solomon
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9783659697982
• ISBN: 978-3-659-69798-2
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 4 mm x 220 mm
• Weight: 114 g
• Subject: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > General, dictionaries, handbooks