Analytical Studies of Airbag System Design for Side Impacts

Abstract

In this paper, we present an analytical study of design optimization of side airbag systems with respect to three chosen driver-side-like prototype inflators. An airbag/SID model has been developed in CAL3D. This model was used with a CAL3D design optimization program to identify airbag designs that met all FMVSS 214 requirements, assuming the feasibility of developing such a system in hardware. The results of this study were then used to guide the experimental work of side airbag system development.