27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-9.3.3

CRASHWORTHINESS OF ISOFIX AND LATCH CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS IN TRANSPORT CATEGORY AIRCRAFT

A. Shrimpton, C. Bil, G. Clark
RMIT Univ., Australia

Keywords: crashworthiness, isofix, latch, child restraint

This paper documents the development of a validated numerical model and subsequent parametric study of the crashworthiness of airline-style seating configurations incorporating ISOFIX- and LATCH-equipped child restraint systems, to identify the most hazardous seating configurations and understand the effect of seat configuration parameters on occupant injury levels.

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