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A SITUATION BASED METHOD TO ADAPT THE VEHICLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM IN FRONTAL CRASHES TO THE ACCIDENT SCENARIO Arno Eichberger Daniel Wallner Wolfgang Hirschberg Graz University of Technology, Institute of Automotive Engineering Austria Robert Cresnik Kompetenzzentrum – Das Virtuelle Fahrzeug Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (ViF) Austria Paper Number 09-0091 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION The integration of active and passive safety systems Background is considered as a significant contribution towards further improvement of traffic safety. The present Active safety systems and advanced driver article describes an approach to integrate these assistance systems (ADAS) such as electronic systems. This is done by development of a novel stability control (ESC), emergency brake assist control algorithm where force levels and activation (EBA) and lane keeping system will contribute to times of an assumed adaptive restraint system are avoid and mitigate collisions in future [1, 2, 3]. predefined based on the oncoming collision. Passive safety restraint systems are currently Reference values for these force levels are activated by electronic control units (ECU) that for generated in order to minimise the acceleration of example evaluate accelerations, roll rate and door the occupants. pressure during an accident. The activation is The method takes into account the actual crash triggered after first contact of the vehicles, in severity by a forecast of the acceleration behaviour