lobices Posted December 17, 2002 Report Share Posted December 17, 2002 ...who can tell me at what speed an air bag open after a impact?...thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted December 17, 2002 Report Share Posted December 17, 2002 Quim, you have such good questions...it takes me forever to find the answers. Which is a good thing, since it helps me learn new stuff. Since I have never ever seen an airbag inflate, and I believe I probably wouldn't have thought of timing it if I ever did I looked around the web. It looks like they open and inflate in less than 1/20th of a second. I don't know exactly how long it takes from the sensors notice the impact until the inflation starts, but I suspect it is an electrical signal and thus it moves at the speed of light (so it's instant in this situation). Here's a nice page:How does an airbag work? Tormod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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