Pressure Sensors / Detectors / Transducers
Endevco Sensors Assist Winning Team in International Vehicle Safety Design Competition Sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Sensing solutions leader Endevco has provided high-accuracy pressure sensors used by the winning design team at the international Enhanced Safety of Vehicles Conference sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and held in Lyon, France. The team of graduate students from the Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics developed a surrogate lung for use in automotive safety test dummies. The Endevco sensors were used to precisely measure pressure spikes in the lung during vehicle impact testing.
For more information on this important safety innovation and the full line of Endevco sensors for automotive applications,contact Dave Holscher, KCOMM, 949-295-5515, dave@kanatsiz.com.
June 26, 2007
Endevco Corporation, the leader in sensing solutions for demanding vibration, shock and pressure applications, has provided key pressure sensors used by the winning team in an international vehicle safety design competition.
A team of graduate students working at the Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics has won an international design competition sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The project took first prize at this year's Enhanced Safety of Vehicles Conference held June 18-21 in Lyon, France. The competition included eight other teams representing North America, Asia and Europe.
The winning project, entitled Design, Development, and Analysis of a Pulmonary Surrogate for use in ATDs, involved development of a surrogate lung that can provide increased data to improve vehicle safety. Using high-accuracy model 8510C-15 pressure sensors from Endevco, the lung model measures pressure spikes seen by the lung in vehicle impact testing. This tool can be developed to relate pressure data to injury levels and provide a predictor for occupant protection of the vehicle being tested. Also, by estimating the relatively low cost of such a tool, the students were able to show significant value in collecting and analyzing pressure information.
Since thoracic trauma is second only to head injury rates in automobile accidents, this area of study is extremely important to pursue, said Amber Bonivtch, Wake Forest University team member.
The Endevco model 8510C is a rugged, miniature, high-sensitivity, high-resonance, piezoresistive pressure transducer that is ideal for measuring dynamic pressure. Available in ranges from 15 psi to 100 psi, features include a four-arm strain gage bridge ion implanted into a unique sculptured silicon diaphragm for maximum sensitivity and wideband frequency response, self-contained hybrid temperature compensation for stable performance over a temperature range of 0°F to 200°F (-18°C to +93°C), excellent linearity (even to 3X range), high shock resistance, and high stability during temperature transients.
Dave Bucka, automotive market segment manager for Endevco, stated, Future generations of ATDs (crash dummies) may be equipped with surrogate lungs based on this award-winning work by these students. For years, Endevco has worked to provide leading edge measurements to the automotive safety industry. We are proud to support this team and congratulate them on their success at Lyon.
For more information on Endevco sensing solutions, visit www.endevco.com or email applications@endevco.com.
For further information contact:
ENDEVCO Corporation
Yeni Hoo, Marketing Communications Supervisor
Office: 949.493.8181 x242
Email: yeni.hoo@endevco.com
ENDEVCO Corporation, a Meggitt group company, is one of the world's leading designers and manufacturers of dynamic instrumentation for vibration, shock and pressure measurement. The company's comprehensive line of piezoelectric, piezoresistive, ISOTRON® and variable capacitance accelerometers are used to solve measurement problems in a wide variety of industries including aerospace, automotive, defense, medical, industrial and marine. Available products include pressure transducers, microphones, electronic instruments, and calibration systems. Founded in 1947 with headquarters in San Juan Capistrano, CA, ENDEVCO has a global network of manufacturing and research facilities, sales offices and field engineers in the U.S., Europe and Asia. www.endevco.com
Meggitt PLC, headquartered in the UK, is an international group operating in North America, Europe and Asia. Known for its specialist extreme environment engineering, Meggitt is a world leader in aerospace, defense and electronic industries. www.meggitt.com
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