Technical Papers by ARCCA Engineers


Influence of groove count on slip resistance using NTL test feet. Journal of Forensic Science (2005).  50(5), 1141-1146

When Driver Safety Fails – Then What? Vehicular Accident Analysis: The Big Picture—The Risk Benefit Analysis of Seating System Design. (2005). Philadelphia, PA: American Association of Safety Engineers.

Development of a Buckle Release Test Procedure (2004-01-0472). (2004). Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers.

Development of a Buckle Release Test Procedure (2004-01-0472) (2004). SAE 2004 World Congress, Detroit, Michigan. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers.

Occupant Kinematics With Child Safety Seats Tested Under Real World Conditions. (2003). 47th Annual Proceedings Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. Barrington, IL: AAAM.

Children In Rollover Crashes. Biomedical Engineering:  Recent Developments (2002).Medical and Engineering Publishers, Inc.

Assessment of Timely Lockup of Web-Sensing Restraint Retractors (2002-01-1548) (2002). Society of Automotive Engineers' General Aviation Technology Conference and Exposition, Wichita, Kansas. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers.

Performance Analysis of Martin-Baker Aircraft Crash Attenuating Troop Seat System (2002). Proprietary Report.

Lateral Restraint: Comparison of Lap/Shoulder Belt vs. Lap/Shoulder Plus Supplemental Shoulder Belt Restraint Systems Revised (2002). SAFE Association's 40th Annual Symposium. Creswell, OR: SAFE

21^st Century Truck Program: Occupant Crash Protection (2001).

Biomechanics of the Patient Compartment of Ambulance Vehicles Under Crash Conditions: Testing Countermeasures to Mitigate Injury. (SAE 2001-01-1173) (2001). SAE 2001 World Congress, March 2001, Detroit, MI.

Lateral Restraint: Comparison of Lap/Shoulder Belt vs. Lap/Shoulder Plus Supplemental Shoulder Belt Restraint Systems. (2001). SAFE Association's 39th Annual Symposium. Creswell, OR: SAFE.

Development Of A Dynamic Testing Procedure To Assess Crashworthiness Of The Rear Patient Compartment Of Ambulance Vehicles (Paper number 454-O) (2001). 17th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) Conference,  Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Washington, D.C.: NHTSA.

Method for the Assessment of Tethered and Untethered Child Restraint Systems using Hybrid III Three Year Old Dummy. (2001).Injury Biomechanics Research, Proceedings of the Twenty Seventh International Workshop. San Diego, CA.

Cognitive Workload Effects on Automatic Restraint Systems’ Manual Lap Belt Use (2000-01-0174). (2000). SAE World Congress, Detroit Michigan. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers.

Common Occupant Crash Protection for Army Wheeled Trucks (2000-01-1395). (2000). SAE 2000 World Congress, Detroit, Michigan. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers.

Occupant Protection During Rollover Events. (2000).SAFE Proceedings October 9-11, 2000.

Occupant Crash Protection Handbook for Tactical Ground Vehicles (Light, Medium & Heavy) (2000). Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army.

High Speed Video Coverage and Analysis Report for Type III Barricade Testing, performed at The Crash Safety Research Center (1999). State College, PA: The Pennsylvania Transportation Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University.

Pediatric Injury Research Final Report, Hybrid III Crash Test ATD Research. (1999) Philadelphia, PA: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Vertical Force Crash Protection for HMMWV Occupants, SBIR Topic No. A97-085. (1998).

Applied Crash Worthiness (1998). Occupant Crash Protection Training Course at the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC), Patuxent River, MD: U.S. Navy.

Assessment of Asymmetrical Anchor Points and Load-Limiting Loops with the Lap Portion of Automotive Occupant Restraints (1997). 35th Survival and Flight Equipment SAFE Association, Phoenix, AZ. Creswell, OR: SAFE.

 

Booster-with-Shield Child Restraint Case Studies (SAE 973307). (1997).Second Child Occupant Protection Symposium (A special joint session sponsored by Stapp, AAAM, and IRCOBI). Lake Buena Vista, FL: Society of Automotive Engineers.

Assessment of Timely Retractor Lockup in Automotive Seat Belt Systems (971515). (1997). Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers.

Restoration of NBDL 12-Inch Hyge Horizontal Accelerator Project Report. (1996). Washington, D.C.: United States Navy.

Ordnance Handling Plan for AST Pretensioning Device (PTD) Full Scale Dynamic Performance Test Program. (1996).

Assessment and Control of Dynamic Overshoot with Automotive Seating During Vertical Impacts (951084). (1995). Proceedings of the IX International Conference on Vehicle Structural Mechanics and CAE, Society of Automotive Engineers, Troy, MI. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers.

Analysis of Relocation Options for NAWC (AD) Horizontal Accelerator Facility (1994).

Occupant Dynamic Response to Vertical Acceleration (+Gz) With Automotive Seating. (1994). Proceedings of the November 1994 Materials Technology for the 21st Century International Congress and Expo, Chicago, IL. Burke, VA: ASME.

Ordnance Handling Plan for Inflatable Body and Head Restraint System (IBAHRS), Horizontal Accelerator Test Program.(1994).

Requirement for NAWC (AD) Horizontal Accelerator Facility at Patuxent River. (1994). Washington, D.C.: United States Navy.