Automotive Safety Design And Injury Biomechanics
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Overview
Subject area
ME
Catalog Number
53800
Course Title
Automotive Safety Design And Injury Biomechanics
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Description
In this course, the state-of-the-art and new design changes in automotive industry that are geared towards safety issues and injury prevention of occupants will be discussed. Specifically, the topics of the course are: vehicle body design; crashworthiness of the body; stability of vehicles; restraint systems and supplemental restraint systems such as seatbelts, pre-tensioners and airbags; crash sensors; seat and interior safety; occupant protection systems; codes and FMVSS standards; NHTSA standards and crash tests; simulation and accident reconstruction; bio-mechanics of occupant kinematics; brief anatomy; injury classification; and mechanisms of occupant injuries.The students are required to design and analyze a safety feature of a vehicle.
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
No
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
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Hours
0
Requisites
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