While a series of events take place within the airbag system, what ultimately causes the airbag, stored in the steering column, to inflate? Be detailed and specific. Use evidence from the text and image to support your response.
The term “airbag” itself is misleading since there’s no significant “air” in these cushions. They are, instead, shaped and vented nylon-fabric pillows that fill, when deployed, with nitrogen gas. They are designed to supplement seatbelt restraints and help distribute the load exerted on a human body during an accident to minimize the deceleration rate and likelihood of injury. But while “supplement the seatbelt” is the mission of airbags, federal regulations require that they be tested and made effective for unbelted occupants, vastly complicating their task.
Airbags must do their work quickly because the window of opportunity—the time between a car’s collision with an object and an occupant’s impact on the steering wheel or instrument panel—lasts only milliseconds. For illustration’s sake, imagine a Corvette hitting a bridge abutment head-on at 30 mph. The clock starts the instant the tip of the car’s nose hits the concrete. The Mechanics There are six main parts of an airbag system: an accelerometer; a circuit; a heating element; an explosive charge; and the bag itself. Image 2. Crash testing airbags Image 3 parts of an airbag (https://www.popsci.com/how-airbags-are-supposed-to-work/) The accelerometer keeps track of how quickly the speed of your vehicle is changing.
When your car hits another car—or wall or telephone pole or deer—the accelerometer triggers the circuit. The circuit then sends an
While a series of events take place within the airbag system, what ultimately causes the airbag, stored in the steering column, to inflate? Be detailed and specific. Use evidence from the text and image to support your response.
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