BASIC RESEARCH IN AUTOMOBILE CRASHWORTHINESS. SUMMARY REPORT

NINTEEN FULL-SCALE CRASH TESTS WERE PERFORMED, FIVE BASE LINE TESTS ON THE STANDRAD VEHICLE, TWO DEVELOPMENTAL TESTS TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC ENGINEERING INFORMATION, AND THREE WITHIN EACH OF THE FOUR CONCEPTS PURSUED. THE FOUR VEHICLE MODIFICATION SERIES DEVELOPED IN THE PROGRAM ARE THE ENGINE DEFLECTION, FORWARD STRUCTURE MODIFICATION, REAR ENGINE VEHICLE, AND SIDE IMPACT MODIFICATION CONCEPTS. SUMMARY INFORMATION ON THE STRUCTURAL CRASH-WORTHINESS OF THE STANDARD AND MODIFIED VEHICLES IS PRESENTED. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report No CAL-YB-2684-V-6, 139 PP, 12 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Incorporated

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14221
• Authors:
  • MILLER, P M
  • Mayor, R P
• Publication Date: 1969-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Base lines; Crash tests; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Deflection; Design; Development; Engines; Side crashes; Testing; Vehicle power plants; Vehicle rear end
• Old TRIS Terms: Rear engined vehicles
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223436
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 1971 12:00AM