Passive Safety of Vehicles

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Department of Automotive, Combustion Engine and Railway Engineering

Synopsis:

Introduction and explanation of basic physics principles used in vehicle crash analysis - kinematics and dynamics of vehicle and occupant. Introduction to injury biomechanics, injury mechanisms and criteria. Overview of safety legislation. Overview and function of nowadays safety restraint system used.

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Syllabus of lectures:

-introduction: link between statistics, biomechanics and mechanics

-Vehicle crash mechanics - basic formulas and relations used in crash analysis, (relationship between velocity change, distance for the change and resulting deceleration => restraint system - principle of function and energy absorption of structural elements)

-Compatibility of vehicles,

-Typical collision scenarios (front, side, rear impact, rollover) - behavior of vehicles and occupant during impact,

-Biomechanics of injury (occupant and pedestrian protection) => injury mechanisms, injury criteria,

-Overview of technical regulations relating to passive safety, Methodology of the most often used tests,

-Safety restraint system used in now days vehicles - overview, explanation of function and its contribution to safety

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Study materials:

Ulrich, S.: Automotive safety handbook, ISBN 0-7680-0912-X;

Huang, M.: Vehicle crash mechanics, ISBN 0-8493-0104-1;

Nahum, A.: Accidental injury, ISBN-10: 0-387-98820-3

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• 04 109 NSTI DLTT 2012 zaměření MV (compulsory course in the program)