AS A PART OF

AUTOMOBILE SAFETY
Submitted by
JITENDRA NAGAR
341/11
INTRODUCTION
Automobile Industry is undergoing a
BIG TRANSFORMATION
never seen before.
Today CARs are not only used for personal Transport
but they are ENCOMPASSED with

1. Entertainment that vies with the fidelity of your HOME THEATRE
2. Seating arrangement more comfortable than your RECLINER
3. SAFETY FEATURES making your car safer than a TANK

GLOBALLY CAR COMPANIES SPEND NEARLY $36
BILLON ANNUALLY FOR INFLUENCING NEW
TECHNOLOGIES INTO THEIR CARS.
Some of the big advancement in Automotive
Industry in last 10years have come in a area of
SAFETY.
In addition to Telematics based Services like
Digital Satellite Radio
In car E-mail
GPS systems
Recent Advancement in Braking Technology have led to
Shorter stopping distance
Increased Control in PANIC situation
More control on CURVED turns
AIR BAGS
Whats the main
function of the System?
Material of Airbags?
History


Why we NEED Air Bags?
Supplementary Restraint System for driver
and/or passenger safety in case of a crash.

Basic Mechanism: A thin nylon bag in the
steering wheel / above glove compartment
inflates in the event of an impact and
prevents the driver/passenger from hitting
the steering wheel/dashboard.

What is Safety air bag?
ACTUAL WORKING
Airbag Before Collision
Airbag After Collision
INFLATION UNIT

How does it INFLATES?


DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIRBAGS

DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG

PASSENGER AIR BAG Curtain Airbags
AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT
Frontal crash scenario: Car crashes into an obstacle (wall) at
20+ mph
Sensors detect the deceleration and inflator unit activated
Deployment sensitivity: To guard against accidental inflation
on hard braking, sensors detect collisions into a solid
barrier at speeds greater than 8-14 mph only as impacts
An electric current is used to heat a filament wire that ignites
the NaN
3
capsules, producing N
2
:
2NaN
3
2Na + 3N
2

10Na + 2KNO
3
K
2
O + 5Na
2
O+ N
2

K
2
O + Na
2
O SiO
2
alkaline glass (safe, un ignitable)
130 g of NaN
3
produces
67 liters of Na




The airbag then inflates fully at speeds > 320mph within 0.05s
of crash. For maximum safety, occupant must have seat
belt on and sit with chest 10 from steering wheel
Immediately after full inflation, the airbag deflates through
tiny pores on the surface within 0.3s
Accelerometer
Effectiveness
This system has proven its effectiveness
In frontal crashes reduction in d rivers death reduced by nearly
14%
Passenger side airbags reducing death by nearly 11%
NHTSA estimated reduction in risk by nearly 85% with the
combination of seat belt and airbags compared than only seatbelt
i.e60%
Car Model Head Injury Risk
Airbag No Airbag
Holden Commodore 28 48
Toyota Camry 20 44
Mitsubishi Magna 6 27
Ford Falcon 14 N. A.

This are some crash results which give the effectiveness of the system