In this course we systematically teach fundamental knowledge and theory and the state-of-the-art technologies of vehicle crash safety and human body impact protection. Main contents include safety characteristics of vehicle body structure, kinematics and dynamics of vehicle responses and occupant responses in vehicle crash, human body injuries in vehicle collision accidents, crash dummies and crash tests for crash safety assessment, occupant restraint systems, smart occupant protection for autonomous vehicles, pedestrian impact protection, lightweight vehicle and safety, characterization and modeling of vehicle materials and structures under impact loading, impact failures and safety risks of battery of electric vehicles, etc.
This course will help students to (a) comprehend the critical role of vehicle safety in vehicle product and design and the design constraints of vehicle crash protection from the requirements of lightweighting and packaging; (b) learn the mechanisms of human body injuries under impact loading as well as the protection principles; and (c) understand the evolution and limitations of vehicle safety technologies and how the new technologies can integrate the pre-crash maneuver, warning and preparation all the way to in-crash restraint to provide individualized protection that is adaptive to the conditions of human body stature and state as well as the crash scenario.
