Abstract
The aim of the study is to evaluate the tank as a potential place for motorcycle airbags. The study compiles the efforts of the CTU in Prague, HTW Dresden, as well as JAWA and DELPHI, for the improvement of the passive safety of motorcycle riders. The tank shapes are taken into consideration, as to their effects on passive safety, including their suitability or unsuitability. The possibilities of the software MADYMO as a tool for an initial blue-print of any motorcycle airbag if placed on the tank are also described.
Highlights
Since 1981 the airbag has become a standard piece of equipment for passenger cars
Since last year the CTU in Prague has co-operated with the local motorcycle producer JAWA and HTW in Dresden, which in turn already co-operates with DELPHI in Berlin, for diploma theses in common
In general we can conclude that the airbag for motorbike research mentioned in section 1 in CTU in Prague and HTW Dresden is aimed at more factors
Summary
Since 1981 the airbag has become a standard piece of equipment for passenger cars. It has been offered by Honda for some of their motorcycles since the beginning of 2007. Optimizing the airbags by use of virtual and experimental simulations for the minimization of the peak load of motorbike driver To support these assumptions three motorcycle crash tests into the side of a car were carried out. Statistics show that it is one of the most frequent types of accident. Since last year the CTU in Prague has co-operated with the local motorcycle producer JAWA and HTW in Dresden, which in turn already co-operates with DELPHI in Berlin, for diploma theses in common Owing to these possibilities we were able to unify and optimize crucial ideas in our developments at CTU in Prague, especially with the support of these two co-operating partners from a practical point of view. As for the mathematical simulations, we used the Hybrid III 50th percentile male
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