REAR END STRUCTURAL CRASHWORTHINESS OF PERIMETER FRAME VEHICLES-DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO DEVELOP A REAR END STRUCTURE WITH IMPROVED CRASH ENERGY CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS FOR LATE-MODEL PERIMETER FRAME AMERICAN-BUILT AUTOMOBILES. BASELINE IMPACT TESTS WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF CONVENTIONAL AUTOMOBILES IN REAR END IMPACTS AND TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR LATER EVALUATION OF THE MODIFIED VEHICLES. SCALE MODEL DYNAMIC TESTS WERE CONDUCTED IN A PARAMETRIC STUDY OF VARIOUS ENERGY MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS. TWO BASIC DESIGNS AND THREE VEHICLES WERE INVESTIGATED IN A SERIES OF FULL-SCALE DEVELOPMENT TESTS. /NTIS/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Contract No FH-11-7604
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Corporate Authors:
Dynamic Science
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Authors:
- Anderson, R L
- Enserink, E
- Publication Date: 1972-7
Media Info
- Pagination: 294 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash injury research; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Design; Dynamic tests; Impacts; Rear end crashes; Research
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00224189
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: Fin Rept
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 8 1973 12:00AM