@article{ref1,
title="Seated Weight Distribution of Adults and Children in Normal and Non-Normal Positions",
journal="Annual proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine",
year="1999",
author="Roychoudhury, R and Parenteau, Chantal S. and Shen, Wei and Robbins, J",
volume="43",
number="",
pages="383-397",
abstract="This study investigated occupant body weight distribution on various seat components at different seated positions. A test seat with instrument panel and door prototypes was constructed, and load cells used to quantify load distribution on seat and other interior components. Three experiments were conducted: the 1st used 36 adult subjects at 13 selected normal positions, the second with 11 adults at 17 non-normal positions, and the third with 19 children at 7 positions. For adults, the lowest load on seat cushion is 51.1% of body weight for normal seated positions and 55.1% for non-normal positions. The lowest load on seat cushion and back is 76% of body weight for normal positions and 55% for non-normal positions. For children at various positions, the highest load to seat cushion is 93.4% and to the cushion and back 94%. With 2% of all tests, the cushion load is less than 30kg and cushion and back summed load less than 40kg. Using cushion-based occupant detection technology, there is an overlapping zone between small female adults and 30kg children. The frame-based technology can increase discrimination power. Furthermore, reducing critical weight for airbag suppression from 30kg to 24kg can significantly minimize, or even eliminate, the overlapping zone.<p />",
language="",
issn="1540-0360",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}