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Key Word*: Off-*hore *tructure*, Interaction: itructura-fluid. Hydrodynamic excitetion

The extenston of Morison'* equation to allow for atructural motion in pradicting tha hydrodynamic forca on offahore steeł jacket platformę may ba baaad on two dłffararrt hypoth-aaaa: tha reiatfve vek>city moda! which replecat tha fluid valocity by tha relativa vałoclty between tha fluid and tha structure; and tha indapandant flow fialde model which considare tha flow to ba a auparpoeition of two unrelated flows, ona dua to tha wsve-current action on a rlgid cylinder, and tha other dua to tha etructural motion in etill wat er. An łterative computational procedura that comblnae tima domain and fraquancy domain analyeie tachniquat ie davel-opad to ao!ve tha nonlinaar govarnir»g aquatk>ne for both modałe. Compariaon studia* ara carried out for eaastatas ranging from tha drag dominant through tha inertia dominant rag im a*.

84-1598

LigM Yehicle Froitai Impact Protection

D.S. Cohen, E. Jettner. and W.E. Smith

Natl. Highway Traffic Safety Admn., SAE Paper No.

820243 (SP513)

Key Word*: Collieion raeaarch (automotive)

Thit pa par eddresse* tha protection of occupante in light yehicle*. It praaant* data and techniquee for idantifying and meaturing potential cra*hworthina*a improvamant» that would mitigate injuries to occupant* striking frontal interior componant* auch a* tha ctaaring wheeł, instrument panel and windshield. Tha focu* of thi* pa par i* on tha unrestrained occupant. Information i* preeented on tha magnitude and typa* of injuries received from frontal interior componant* and on how tha performance of these componant* and tha yehicle structure affect tha resultant injuries.

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84-1599

YEHICLE SYSTEMS

The Role of the Side of the Motor Yehicle in Cruh Protection

A. Burgett and W. Brubaker

Natl. Highway Traffic Safety Admn., SAE Paper No. 820245 (SP513)

GROUND VEHICLES

I Also see No*. 1637, 1638,1639.1731)

84-1597

A Search for Prioritiea in CrtA Protection

A.C. Malliaris and J.Hedlund

Natl. Highway Traffic Safety Admn.. SAE Paper No. 820242 (SP-513)

Key Word*: Colllsion raeaarch (automotive)

Thi* pa par preaent* tha mathodology and ratultt of an anelysis of tha avallabla Information on motor yehicle eafaty which could ba uead to provida a besis for astabiishing priorłties for futura Govarnmant and priuate sector afforts diractad at anhancad craah protection. Thi* study usas tha National Highway Traffic Safety Admini*tration'*automatad data fila* on personel injury as tha baseline Information on injuries sustainad by restrained and unrestrained occupant* of all typa* of yehicle*, and by pedestriens and cyclitts. Thit Information i* enalyzed eccording to tha magnitude of herm sustainad. tha potential for reduction in harm, and tha rałatiya adaquacy of data and methods ayałlabla for tha expk>ration of Solutions.

Key Word*: Collision research (automotiva)

Collbion related injuries associated wrth the side of petsenger yehicle* are a major part of tha price of motor yehicle ecci-dents. Thraa methods for evaluating the crash-related safety charactaristics of the side* of motor yehicies ara examinad. Ona mathod usas a full-scale crash test for tha avaluation of performance. A second mathod usas subsystem, or compo-nent, test* and the third mathod relies on analytical procedurę* for the eyaluation.

84-1600

Static and Dynamie Teata of Whedchair Reatrainta for Uae in Public Sc mcc Yehiclea

S.P.F. Petty and A.G. Chatfield

Transport and Road Res. Lab., Crowthorne, UK,

Rept. No. TRRL/LR-1087, 15 pp (1983)

PB84-142561

Key Word*: Safety rettraint system*, Wheelchair*. Ta*ting techniguas, Dynamie test*

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