ABSTRACT
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,
Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,
Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India
This chapter presents some basic principles used in the design of safer vehicles. There are two distinct segments at risk. There are people in the vehicle, and people outside of the vehicle. Research over the last 40 years has lead to the evolution of seat belts, air bags and crush zones which are able to protect the users of four wheel vehicles fairly effectively. The state of the art is to use finite element simulations in conjunction with crash testing to design vehicles.
