EXPERIMENTAL SAFETY VEHICLE (FAMILY SEDAN): DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND FABRICATION

The report reviews and summarizes the activities and significant events in the design, development, and fabrication of an Experimental Safety Vehicle (Family Sedan). It consists mainly of a technical description of how the final design of the major vehicle subsystems was attained. Only data and analyses developed subsequent to that submitted in the Preliminary Design Report of March 1971 is contained in the report. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  AMF Incorporated

  Advanced Systems Laboratory, 495 South Fairview Avenue
  Goleta, CA  United States  93017
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 751 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Braking; Bumpers; Control; Crash avoidance systems; Crashworthiness; Design; Manual safety belts; Mirrors; Safety; Steering gears; Structural design; Suspension systems; Tires; Wheels; Wiring
• Old TRIS Terms: Nhsb; Structural crashworthiness
• Subject Areas: Design; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046260
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-00090
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1973 12:00AM