This article presents an application of data mining method on finite element data and crashworthiness result data of an occupant restraint system. According to the characteristics of the CAE (Computer-Aided Engineering) data, a framework for data preparation is developed based on object-oriented programming concepts. Training sets are built from data recorded in 98 crash simulations that adhere...

Occupant packaging practice relies on statistical models codified in SAE practices, such as the SAE J941 eyellipse, and virtual human figure models representing individual occupants. The current packaging approach provides good solutions when the problem is relatively unconstrained, but achieving good results when many constraints are active, such as restricted headroom and sightlines, requires...

Automobile crashes are the largest single cause of death for pregnant females and the leading cause of traumatic fetal injury mortality in the United States. A previously validated MADYMO computer model of a 30-week pregnant occupant was used in this study to investigate the pregnant occupant response in a New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) frontal barrier motor vehicle crash. The effect of the ...

Title of Document: Occupant Merging Behavior During Egress From High Rise Buildings Christopher Campbell, Master of Science, 2012 Directed By: Professor and Chair, Dr. James A. Milke, Department of Fire Protection Engineering Occupant merging behavior on stairwell landings is analyzed through the study of evacuation videos. Both flow rate and transit time analyses are conducted. Data is compare...

Occupant behaviour has a large impact on the energy consumption of buildings, and therefore a better understanding can assist in many building-related applications, such as facility management, building performance simulation and occupant guidance. As occupant space-heating operation has a significant influence on the energy consumption of residential buildings in winter, an investigation of dr...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between the implementation of a SAFE KIDS Coalition and pediatric unintentional injury rates. SETTING Shelby County, Tennessee. DESIGN Retrospective observational analysis. PATIENTS County residents nine years of age or younger presenting to the children's medical center, its emergency department, or its outpatient clinics from 1990-97. INTERVENTION ...

This study analyzes field accidents to identify rear-occupant exposure and injury by crash types. Occupant demographics were assessed body region severity understand rear...

Occupancy profile is one of the driving factors behind discrepancies between the measured and simulated energy consumption of buildings. The frequencies of occupants leaving their offices and the corresponding durations of absences have significant impact on energy use and the operational controls of buildings. This study used statistical methods to analyze the occupancy status, based on measur...

Building occupancy is an important basic factor in building energy simulation but it is hard to represent due to its temporal and spatial stochastic nature. This paper presents a novel approach for building occupancy simulation based on the Markov chain. In this study, occupancy is handled as the straightforward result of occupant movement processes which occur among the spaces inside and outsi...