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Automotive Engineering ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 861-869.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2021.06.009

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Multi⁃objective Optimization of Active Safety Airbag Based on the Injury Thresholds of 12⁃year⁃old Children

Liang Hong1,2(),Gang Liu1,Ruhai Ge3   

  1. 1.School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering,Jiangsu University,Zhenjiang 212013
    2.Goodbaby International Holdings Co. ,Ltd. ,Kunshan 215331
    3.School of Automobile Engineering,Changshu Institute of Technology,Changshu 215500
  • Received:2020-10-30 Revised:2021-01-23 Online:2021-06-25 Published:2021-06-29
  • Contact: Liang Hong E-mail:loudly1986@126.com

Abstract:

This paper aims to conduct a multi?objective optimization on the active safety airbag of a school bus for enhancing its protective effects on 12?year?old children. Firstly, the injury thresholds of 12?year?old children are determined and a coupling model of the school bus and the active airbag is built. Then, the original waveform measured in a sled test is simplified to simulate four collision conditions. Finally, based on response surface surrogate model and using modified NSGA?II algorithm, a multi?objective optimization on active airbag is conducted, with the installation position, the open pressure and the opening of air vent valve, as well as the middle strap length of the active airbag selected as the optimization parameters, and the weighted injury criterion for 12?year?old children (WICC) as the optimization objective. The results show that the optimization on the active airbag achieves significant effects under four collision conditions of school bus. For the condition with the highest collision speed, the head injury criterion HIC15, the neck injury criterion Nij, the thorax resultant acceleration T3ms, the chest deflection THPC and WICC reduce by 28.58%,14.79%,10.02%,10.26% and 18.08% respectively.

Key words: collision conditions, children injury threshold, active safety airbag, multi?objective optimization, protective effect