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):

• Nachbar,W.
• Schipmoelder,J. B.

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:

• (*PASSENGER VEHICLES
• SAFETY BELTS)
• (*SAFETY BELTS
• MATERIALS)
• DESIGN
• VISCOELASTICITY
• MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
• SAFETY
• MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
• VELOCITY
• ELONGATION
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• STRAIN(MECHANICS)
• OPTIMIZATION

Subject Categories:

• Surface Transportation and Equipment
• Safety Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE