Airbag Deployment Compilation The Speed And Power Of Airbags

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Grab a shirt here! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/277... • Airbag Deployment Compilation: The Speed And Power Of Airbags • This video compilation demonstrates the incredible speed and life-saving power of the airbag. It also includes footage of counterfeit airbag tests showing the dangers of their use. And lastly, a few unusual airbag examples are shown at the end for some fun. • A few interesting airbag facts: A vehicle-based airbag inflates as rapidly as 320 km/h (200 mph), and with incredible force. This video contains slow motion footage of airbag deployment and inflating at incredible speeds. An airbag consists of a folded textile cushion designed to inflate rapidly inside the vehicle immediately after a collision. Most airbags are inflated by compressed air and deployment can only happen once. • Current U.S. safety regulations require an airbag to inflate and restrain the equivalent of an average adult male (75kg/165 pounds) in a crash test into a solid concrete barrier at 48 km/h (30 mph). To meet this requirement, complete airbag deployment must take place within a split second (less than 50 milliseconds). This is even faster than a blink of a human eye - so fast that you can't see it happen in real-time. A side-impact airbag has to be fully inflated within 15 milliseconds, which is eight times faster than the blink of an eye. In a crash test, engineers test airbags to restrain forces of as much as 907 kg (2000 pounds). • Although this video compilation features several shots of slow-motion deployment, it's still sometimes tricky to see exactly how an airbag works, so here's a brief explanation: • When a vehicle is in a moderate to severe crash, a signal is sent from the airbag system’s electronic control unit to the inflator within the airbag module. An igniter starts a chemical reaction that produces a harmless gas, which very rapidly inflates the airbag. • Since an airbag deployment happens so rapidly, serious or sometimes fatal injuries can occur if the occupant is too close or is in direct contact with an airbag when it first begins to deploy. • Non-toxic cornstarch or talcum powder might be used as lubricant in airbag fabrics to help deployment happen even faster. It's one of these harmless, nontoxic substances that might look like smoke after an airbag deploys. Many newer airbag fabrics and coatings are more slippery and additional powder-like lubricants are no longer required. • Once an airbag deployment is complete, deflation begins immediately as the gas escapes through vent holes in the fabric. A frontal airbag is empty after approximately one second. • Subscribe for more quality videos like this one, regularly updated! • / @overdrive8427 • You may be interested in some of these videos: • Tractors and Farm Vehicles Involved In Extreme Crash Tests • • Tractor Crash Test Video: Farm Vehicl... • Motorhomes and Caravans In Extreme Crash Tests • • Motorhome Crash Test: Caravan and Mot... • High Speed Crashes Put Vehicles To The Ultimate Frontal Impact Crash Test • • Car Crash Test Video Compilation: Hig... • Google+ • https://plus.google.com/b/11189850998...

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