Multiphysics out of position airbag simulation

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-166

  Khan, M U ^a   Moatamedi, M ^a   Souli, M ^b   Zeguer, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c JAGUAR LAND ROVER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airbag simulation; ALE; Control volume; Dummy interaction; Fluid structure interaction; LS DYNA; Out of position

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; CRASHWORTHINESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSITION CONTROL;

AIRBAG SIMULATION; CONTROL VOLUME; DUMMY INTERACTION; OUT OF POSITION (OOP) SITUATION;

AUTOMOBILE AIR BAGS;

EID: 41549146922     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260701788385     Document Type: Article

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