EVALUACIÓN DE LOS DAÑOS CAUSADOS POR LOS DISPOSITIVOS DE MANDO DE DIRECCIÓN SOBRE EL CONDUCTOR EN UN IMPACTO FRONTAL

Abstract

In cases where frontal impacts take place in vehicles in which control devices have been mounted, the driver integrity meets compromised by its effect on the correct working of the driver airbag. The simulation gives information of the injuries got for the driver in results of forces. In this simulation, the crash survival space is shaped in a frontal impact. On one hand, it’s generated the passive set formed by the steering control device and the steering wheel. On the other hand, the airbag model it’s generated, formed by a fabric bag folded properly which is filled with a gas that expands according to a theoretical model. In this simulation the dummy is also added, that represents the driver perfectly anchored with the safety belt. These elements are subjected to decelerations corresponding to a frontal impact analyzing what happens in these instants. Keywords: airbag, passive security, disabled driver, steering control devices