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FIGURE 11.13 MADYMO simulation of the response of a person wearing a shoulder and lap seat belt to the
inflation of an air bag in a frontal motor vehicle collision. The model predicts the body position every 25 ms after
the collision. Note the time for the air bag to inflate (between 25 and 50 ms), the rotation of the head, the flailing
of the arms, and the bending of the floor. (AGARD-AR-330, 1996.)

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Anon., German Aviation Medicine, World War II, Vol. 2, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1950.