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Appendix: Airbag Settings

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Model verification check list for airbags

Entity Check Recomme Message Comments

nded type
value
RE 0.01 Warning >0.01: compression stifness is too high
ZEROSTRESS 1 Error Airbag prestrain is not applied correctly

Material LAW19 Same Fabric prestrain through reference geometry shall be activated a time to fire
sensor that
SENSOR is used in Error
/MONVOL
card

Entity Check Recomme Message Comments

nded type
value
B1, B2>0 >0 Error B1, B2 values should be positive
G0>GT Error Shear parameters are not consistent
Alpha_t in degrees Error Shear locking angle sall be presribed in degrees

Material LAW58 ZEROSTRESS 1 Error Airbag prestrain is not applied correctly

Same Fabric prestrain through reference geometry shall be activated a time to fire
sensor that
SENSOR is used in Error
/MONVOL
card

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Model verification check list for airbags

Entity Check Recommended value Message Comments

type
LAW19 LAW58
ISHELL 4 4 Error Change element formulation
ISMSTR 1 4 Error Change strain formulation
ISHELL after 12 11 Error Change element formulation
v. 12.0.223
ISMSTR after 12 11 Error Change strain formulation
v. 12.0.223)
Property
N 1 1 Error N=1 to have membrane formulation
Thick >0 >0 Warning Non zero thickness is required
IPLAS 0 0 Warning Not relevant for fabric
ITHICK 0 0 Warning Not relevan for fabric
VX=VY=VZ=0 Non-zero Non-zero Warning Global X- axis is used to determine first orthotropy direction

Ish3n 0, 1 0, 1 Error If 0, check that the default value of ish3n in /DEF/SHELL is 1

Idrill 0 0 Error Idrll is not used with airbags

Property TYPE9 (for LAW19) and TYPE16 for LAW58)

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Model verification check list for airbags

Entity Check Recommended value Message Comments

type
TYPE 7 TYPE11 Warning Check that there are always TYPE7 and TYPE11 contact available
Intersections 0 intersections Error No intersections are allowed
Penetrations penetrations < 95 % gap Error At least all interfaces with penetrations > 95% gap have to be fixed
ISTF 4 4 Warning K = min(Km, Ks) (min stiffness between master and slave)
STMIN 1 1 Warning To avoid too soft contact
(kN/mm)

Internal airbag IDEL 0 0 Warning Not relevant for internak airbag contact
contact
IGAP 0 0 Warning 0: Constant gap
GAP MIN 1 0.9 Warning To avoid time step drop
(mm)
INACTI 6 6 Warning Initial gap ajustement with slight depenetration regading the initial
penetration
IFORM 0 0 Warning No friction is used in internal airbag contact

FRIC 0 0 Warning No firction used in internal airbag contact

IBAG 1 1 Warning Blockage of vent holes and porous fabrcis should be accounted

Internal airbag contacts

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Model verification check list for airbags

Entity Check Recommended Message Comments

value type
TYPE 23 Warning Use only in the case of initial intersections in airbag fabric
Penetrations penetrations < Error At least all interfaces with penetrations > 95% gap have to be fixed
95 % gap
ISTF 4 Warning K = min(Km, Ks) (min stiffness between master and slave)
IDEL 0 Warning Not relevant for internal airbag contact
IGAP 0 Warning 0: Constant gap
Internal airbag
contact GAP MIN Thickness of Warning This value determines both contact gap and contact depth, too high
(mm) fabric material values will means that intersected nodes will not be released due to
too high contact depth
INACTI 6 Warning Initial gap ajustement with slight depenetration regading the initial
penetration
IFORM 0 Warning No friction is used in internal airbag contact

FRIC 0 Warning No firction used in internal airbag contact

IBAG 1 Warning Blockage of vent holes and porouse surfaces shall be accounted

Internal airbag contacts

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Model verification check list for airbags

Entity Check Recommended Message Comments

value type
COMMU1 Warning /MONVOL/COMMU1 shall be used as standart for unichambered
and multichambered airbags
Mu default Warning No additional viscous damping is needed
P_ext>0, Atmospheric, Error Initial pressure and temperature shall be always prescribed
T_ext>0 dependent on
units used
When Ijet>0 P(d) Error Check that jetting functions are specified
check that all dimensional
Airbag 3 jetting P(theta), P(t)-
settings functins are non-
specified dimensional
Ittf 1 Warning Time dependent function shall be moved to the moment of inflation
start given with sensor

/MONVOL/COMMU1 card

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Model verification check list for airbags

Entity Check Recommended Message Comments

value type
FVMBAG1 Warning /MONVOL/FVMBAG1 shall be used as standart for unichambered
and multichambered FVM airbags
Mu default Warning No additional viscous damping is needed
P_ext>0, Atmospheric, Error Initial pressure and temperature shall be always prescribed
T_ext>0 dependent on
units used
Airbag Ittf 1 Warning Time dependent function shall be moved to the moment of inflation
settings start given with sensor
Cnmerge, 1e-04 Warning FVM merging should be activated in engine file
Cgmerge

/MONVOL/FVMBAG1 card