TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Validation of pre-crash systems with vehicle hardware-in-the-loop experiments
JO  - International journal of vehicle safety
A1  - Gietelink, Olaf
A1  - Lemmen, Paul
A1  - Leneman, Floris
A1  - Shah, Mamta
A1  - Kosiak, Walter
A1  - Cashler, Robert
SP  - 185
EP  - 205
VL  - 2
IS  - 1-2
N2  - Pre-Crash Systems (PCSs) use an environment sensor to improve the effectiveness of reversible passive safety restraints by activating them before a collision occurs. Obviously, a PCS should meet very high safety and reliability requirements. A PCS must therefore be thoroughly tested for a wide range of (near-)collision scenarios. This paper presents a new method for the validation of a PCS using Vehicle Hardware-In-the-Loop (VEHIL) experiments. The VEHIL laboratory enables collision-free testing of a PCS-equipped vehicle in a Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) environment, where only the relative motion between host and target vehicle is reproduced. With accurate and repeatable VEHIL experiments the validation of a PCS is carried out safer, cheaper and more efficient. The added value of VEHIL is demonstrated with a prototype PCS. This system uses a radar system to detect a pre-crash situation and a reversible belt retractor to bring the occupant in an optimal position for the crash.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1479-3105
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJVS.2007.012591
ID  - ref1
ER  -