Adding advanced safety features (e.g., airbags) to restraint systems in tactical vehicles could decrease the injury risk of their occupants. The impact of frontal crashes on the occupants has been assessed recently through experimental data and finite element (FE) models. However, the number of such experiments is relatively small due to high cost. In this paper, we conduct an uncertainty study to infer the advantage of including advanced safety features, if a larger number of experiments were possible. We introduce the concept of group injury risk distribution that allows us to quantify under uncertainty the injury risk associated with advanced safety features, while averaging out the effect of uncontrollable factors such as body size. Statistically, the group injury risk distribution is a mixture of individual injury risk distributions of design conditions in the group. We infer that advanced safety features have the potential to reduce substantially injury risk in frontal crashes.
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Restraint Systems in Tactical Vehicles: Uncertainty Study Involving Airbags, Seatbelts, and Military Gear
Dorin Drignei,
Dorin Drignei
Mathematics and Statistics Department,
Oakland University,
Rochester, MI 48309
e-mail: drignei@oakland.edu
Oakland University,
Rochester, MI 48309
e-mail: drignei@oakland.edu
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Zissimos P. Mourelatos,
Zissimos P. Mourelatos
Mechanical Engineering Department,
Oakland University,
Rochester, MI 48309
e-mail: mourelat@oakland.edu
Oakland University,
Rochester, MI 48309
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Ervisa Zhamo,
Ervisa Zhamo
Mathematics and Statistics Department,
Oakland University,
Rochester, MI 48309
e-mail: ekosova@oakland.edu
Oakland University,
Rochester, MI 48309
e-mail: ekosova@oakland.edu
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Cong Chen,
Cong Chen
University of Michigan,
Transportation Research Institute,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
e-mail: chencong@umich.edu
Transportation Research Institute,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
e-mail: chencong@umich.edu
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Rebekah Gruber
Rebekah Gruber
U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research,
Development and Engineering Center,
Warren, MI 48397
e-mail: rebekah.k.gruber.civ@mail.mil
Development and Engineering Center,
Warren, MI 48397
e-mail: rebekah.k.gruber.civ@mail.mil
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Dorin Drignei
Mathematics and Statistics Department,
Oakland University,
Rochester, MI 48309
e-mail: drignei@oakland.edu
Oakland University,
Rochester, MI 48309
e-mail: drignei@oakland.edu
Zissimos P. Mourelatos
Mechanical Engineering Department,
Oakland University,
Rochester, MI 48309
e-mail: mourelat@oakland.edu
Oakland University,
Rochester, MI 48309
e-mail: mourelat@oakland.edu
Ervisa Zhamo
Mathematics and Statistics Department,
Oakland University,
Rochester, MI 48309
e-mail: ekosova@oakland.edu
Oakland University,
Rochester, MI 48309
e-mail: ekosova@oakland.edu
Jingwen Hu
Cong Chen
University of Michigan,
Transportation Research Institute,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
e-mail: chencong@umich.edu
Transportation Research Institute,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
e-mail: chencong@umich.edu
Matthew Reed
Rebekah Gruber
U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research,
Development and Engineering Center,
Warren, MI 48397
e-mail: rebekah.k.gruber.civ@mail.mil
Development and Engineering Center,
Warren, MI 48397
e-mail: rebekah.k.gruber.civ@mail.mil
Manuscript received August 29, 2017; final manuscript received July 9, 2018; published online September 10, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Chimba Mkandawire.This work is in part a work of the U.S. Government. ASME disclaims all interest in the U.S. Government's contributions.
ASME J. Risk Uncertainty Part B. Mar 2019, 5(1): 011009 (7 pages)
Published Online: September 10, 2018
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August 29, 2017
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July 9, 2018
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Drignei, D., Mourelatos, Z. P., Zhamo, E., Hu, J., Chen, C., Reed, M., and Gruber, R. (September 10, 2018). "Restraint Systems in Tactical Vehicles: Uncertainty Study Involving Airbags, Seatbelts, and Military Gear." ASME. ASME J. Risk Uncertainty Part B. March 2019; 5(1): 011009. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4040917
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