CAN AEROSPACE RESEARCH CUSHION ROAD CRASHES?
GREAT SAVINGS IN INJURIES AND AUTO DAMAGE ARE PREDICTED THOUGH THE MENASCO BUMPER, A DIRECT OUTGROWTH OF RESEARCH FOR THE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF SCHOCK ISOLATORS FOR THE POLARIS AND MINUTEMAN MISSLE PROGRAM. FOUR SUPPORTS CONNECTING BUMPER TO A VEHICLE FRAME CONSIST OF CYLINDERS CONTAINING PLUNGERS AND A SOLID-STATE SILICONE COMPOUND. THE COMPOUND IS COMPRESSIBLE AND ACTS LIKE A LIQUID WHEN PUT UNDER CRASH PRESSURES. ON IMPACT THE PLUNGERS PUSH INTO THE COMPOUND DAMPENING THE IMPACT FORCE. SINCE INSTALLATION IS MUCH MORE PRACTICAL ON NEW CARS THAN ON USED CARS, THE INTEREST OF THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IF NOW BEING SOUGHT. SALESROOM PRICE OF A CAR SO EQUIPPED MIGHT BE INCREASED BY $100. /HSL/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 45, No 5
- Publication Date: 0
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bumpers; Crash cushions; Crash tests; Hydraulics; Impacts; Motor vehicles; Silicones
- Old TRIS Terms: Attenuators
- Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00223237
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 27 1970 12:00AM