A STUDY OF AUTOMOBILE OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR IN CAR-TO-CAR COLLISIONS USING SCALE MODELS - EFFECT OF BARRIER IMPACT CHARACTERISTICS IN CAR-TO-CAR COLLISIONS

Hitherto, the behavior of belted occupants of subcompact cars, when such cars collide head-on with compact cars at equal speeds in mixed traffic, have been examined using scale models (morisawa and sato, 1983-84). In this paper, this behavior, served using same-scale models, is compared with that of each car's occupant in a barrier impact. The principal factors influencing the behavior of a subcompact car's occupants are thus made clear, and it is found that the effects on such behavior in car-to-car collisions can be estimated to a certain degree from each car's behavior in a barrier impact.(a)

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• Authors:
  • MORISAWA, M
  • SATO, T B
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 400-11
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Vehicle Design
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 4/5
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1477-5360
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Behavior; Crash tests; Crashes; Frontal crashes; Motion; Scale models; Simulation; Structural models; Vehicle occupants; Weighing devices
• Uncontrolled Terms: Scale
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 1243: Car; 1631: Collision; 1640: Head on collision; 1648: Impact test (crash); 6205: Model (not math); 5483: Movement; 6204: Scale; 9103: Simulation; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Passenger Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00483481
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: May 31 1989 12:00AM