EVAUATION OF A TELEMETRY SYSTEM FOR USE IN VEHICLE-BARRIER IMPACT TESTS

AN INSTRUMENTATION TELEMETRY SYSTEM FOR USE IN VEHICLE- BARRIER CRASH TEST DATA ACQUISITION HAS BEEN EVALUATED. THIS SYSTEM, ASSEMBLED BY WYLE LABORATORIES OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, IS CALLED THE WYLE ACCIDENT SIMULATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM. IT CONSISTS OF 7 CHANNELS OF FM TELEMETRY INSTALLABLE IN A CRASH VEHICLE AND 7 CHANNELS OF HARDWIRE TELEMETRY INSTALLABLE ON FIXED BARRIERS. THE SYSTEM INCLUDES 7 ACCELEROMETERS AND 2 SEAT BELT FORCE TRANSDUCERS AND ALL NECESSARY SIGNAL CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR USE. THE DYNAMIC DATA FROM THESE TRANSDUCERS ARE RECORDED ON A 14 CHANNEL ANALOG MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER. THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS ADEQUATELY BUT REQUIRES MUCH ELECTRONIC SUPPORT EQUIPMENT IN ITS USE AND INSTRUMENTATION EXPERTISE FOR MEANINGFUL DATA ACQUISITION. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr-pr-1(7), D-4-69
• Corporate Authors:

  California Division of Highways

  Bridge Department
  Sacramento, CA  United States  05914

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Nordlin, E F
  • Ames, W H
  • Kubel, L G
  • Chow, W
• Publication Date: 1969-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerometers; Crash tests; Force; Instrumentation; Magnetic tapes; Manual safety belts; Motor vehicles; Simulation; Telemetry; Transducers
• Old TRIS Terms: Magnetic tape recording
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219731
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 29 1994 12:00AM