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Transportation Research, Development and Technology Strategic Plan
Table 3-7. Milestones for Crashworthiness and Occupant Protection
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CSV
Research Product or Information Gained
FY 07-08
FY 09-10
Advanced Materials/Structural Safety
Neck injury certification criteria for side-facing seats
x
Aeromedical Research
Bioaeronautical results, reports, and recommendations to define mechanisms and benefits of improved crash survival systems
x
x
Enhanced escape slide/system performance, evacuation processes, and survivability technology
x
x
Fire Research and Safety
Criteria for effective use of hand-held or fixed extinguishing systems to put out in-flight fires
x
Safety Research and Innovation Deployment
Assess roadside hardware crashworthiness
x
x
Produce Safer Drivers
Develop low-cost technology to require safety belt use to operate a CMV
x
Railroad System Issues
Update fire safety standards for rail passenger cars
x
Develop emergency evacuation procedures using the new rollover rig
x
Train Occupant Protection
Develop crash energy management design for bi-level car
x
Develop seat and interior design for rail passenger car
x
Identify Solutions to Improve Transit Safety
Examine light rail and commuter rail crashworthiness improvements
x
Human Injury Research
Identify injury risks for vulnerable automobile occupants and create injury criteria for advanced side impact dummies
x
x
Develop finite element computer model and associated software to assess brain injury mechanisms
x
x
Safety Systems
Develop test and evaluation procedures for remote sensing occupant protection systems through cooperative research with industry stakeholders
x
x
Develop test and evaluation procedures for enhancing frontal vehicle-vehicle compatibility
x
x
Develop test and evaluation procedures for preventing occupant ejection in rollovers
x
