Accession Number:
AD0697677
Title:
OPTIMIZATION OF A STANDARD LINEAR VISCOELASTIC MATERIAL FOR USE IN A SEAT BELT.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Corporate Author:
CALIFORNIA UNIV SAN DIEGO LA JOLLA DEPT OF THE AEROSPACE AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1969-11-01
Pagination or Media Count:
19.0
Abstract:
It is shown that a properly designed viscoelastic seat-belt material could have a low stiffness at low strain rates while still affording considerable improvement in the maximum safe cruising speed in comparison with a linear elastic belt. Author
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Surface Transportation and Equipment
- Safety Engineering