FE SIMULATIONS OF MOTORCYCLE-CAR FRONTAL CRASHES, VALIDATION AND OBSERVATIONS

The ISO 13232 document recommends a set of 3 frontal impact test configurations between the motorcycle (MC) and the car (also known as the opposing vehicle, or OV). This paper reports Finite Element (FE) based simulations of the above-mentioned frontal impacts for the OV and their detailed analysis. The simulations have been carried out in PAMCRASH. The kinetics of the crash simulation have been matched with the Full Scale Test (FST) conducted at the Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI). The simulations indicate the sensitivity of the different parameters in the various MC - OV impact configurations. For the covering abstract see ITRD E825082.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF JAPAN

  1-3-1, KASUMIGASEKI, CHIYODA-KU
  TOKYO,   Japan  100-8901
• Authors:
  • Chawla, A
  • Mukherjee, S
  • Mohan, D
  • Bose, D
  • RAWAT, P
  • SAKURAI, M
  • NAKATANI, T
• Publication Date: 2003-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 10 p.
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF 18TH INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON THE ENHANCED SAFETY OF VEHICLES, HELD NAGOYA, JAPAN, 19-22 MAY 2003
  • Publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Conferences; Crash tests; Frontal crashes; Motorcycles; Simulation
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 8525: Conference; 1640: Head on collision; 1648: Impact test (crash); 1221: Motorcycle; 9103: Simulation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00987332
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 3 2005 12:00AM