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Automotive Engineering ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (1): 94-104.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2022.01.012

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Optimal Design of Normally-open Airbag for “Out of Position” Child Occupant

Gang Liu1,Liang Hong1,2(),Ruhai Ge1,3   

  1. 1.School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering,Jiangsu University,Zhenjiang 212013
    2.Goodbaby International Holdings Ltd. ,Kunshan 215331
    3.School of Automobile Engineering,Changshu Institute of Technology,Changshu 215500
  • Received:2021-08-16 Revised:2021-11-05 Online:2022-01-25 Published:2022-01-21
  • Contact: Liang Hong E-mail:loudly1986@126.com

Abstract:

Children often present a variety of “Out of Position” sitting positions when taking school buses. It is necessary to carry out the optimal design of the normally-open airbag for the condition of various child sitting positions. Firstly, the injury thresholds of the 12-year-old children are determined. The simulation model of the school bus is built and verified; and the coupling model of the school bus and the normally-open airbag is established. Then, the slouchy sitting position and the right-leaning sitting position are selected as the typical “Out-of-Position” sitting positions of the 12-year-old child occupant. Finally, for the normal sitting position, the slouchy sitting position and the right-leaning sitting position, taking the weighted injury criterion as the optimization target, based on the response surface proxy model and the improved NSGA-Ⅱ algorithm, the optimal configuration of the normally-open airbag’s main design parameters are weighed and determined, with the opening degree of the snuffle valve 199.73%, the initial pressure of the snuffle valve 1.1628×105 Pa, the height of the installation position 0.3628 m and the middle strap length 0.3152 m. Under the three types of child sitting positions, the normally-open airbag with the optimal configuration can maximally improve the safety of the 12-year-old child occupant.

Key words: out of position” sitting positions, child occupant, school bus, frontal collision, normally-open airbag, optimal design