Crashworthiness evaluation of an intercity coach against rollover accidents

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dc.authoridAtahan, Ali/0000-0002-4800-4022
dc.authoridGuler, Mehmet/0000-0002-1159-556X
dc.contributor.authorGuler, Mehmet A.
dc.contributor.authorAtahan, Ali O.
dc.contributor.authorBayram, B.
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T20:55:50Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T20:55:50Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractRollover accidents can result in serious consequences to vehicle occupants if necessary safety measures are not taken. Two significant measures that can be implemented to minimise occupant injury risk during vehicular rollover events are structural adequacy of the vehicle against crushing and occupant protection by using passive protective devices, such as safety belts and air bags. The aim of this study is to evaluate the structural resistance and passenger injury risks and compare the effectiveness of safety belt usage during a simulated rollover event. In this study, a 13 m long TEMSA bus was used as the vehicle. A total of eight occupants were placed in the critical places of the bus by considering the structurally weakest sections. Three different occupant protection cases were considered: (i) no safety belt; (ii) two-point safety belt and (iii) three-point safety belt. A standard rollover procedure was simulated using non-linear finite element code LS-DYNA. Head and neck injury criteria were used for all three cases to evaluate the effectiveness of seat belt usage on occupant protection. Simulation results clearly illustrated that if occupants had no seat belt protection they suffered serious risk of injuries. Moreover, two-and three-point safety belts provided somewhat similar protection levels for most of the occupants. On the basis of findings, use of two-point safety belts in all the seats of the TEMSA buses was recommended because of their ease of handling.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTUBITAK [TEYDEB 3060183]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors wish to acknowledge Ibrahim Eserce director of R&D division and Kadir Elitok research engineer at TEMSA Bus Company and Ulrich Stelzmann of CADFEM for their contributions to this study. Financial support for this project was provided by TUBITAK project: TEYDEB 3060183.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1504/IJHVS.2011.037960
dc.identifier.endpage82en_US
dc.identifier.issn1744-232X
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-78651291829en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage64en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1504/IJHVS.2011.037960
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/12071
dc.identifier.volume18en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000286224500004en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInderscience Enterprises Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systemsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectrolloveren_US
dc.subjectinjury criteriaen_US
dc.subjectECE R66 regulationen_US
dc.subjectseat belten_US
dc.subjectLS-DYNAen_US
dc.titleCrashworthiness evaluation of an intercity coach against rollover accidentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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