TRUCK CRASH TESTING

SEVERAL TESTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON THE SAFETY OF CARS WHEREAS SIMILAR EXPERIMENTAL WORK ON TRUCKS IS STILL SCARCE. THIS PAPER REPORTS ON THE STATIC AND DYNAMIC TESTS RUN TO STUDY THE COLLISION OF TRUCKS AGAINST DIFFERENT KINDS OF OBSTACLES (BARRIER, CARS, GUARDRAIL), WEDGING OF CARS UNDER TRUCK SIDE OR TAIL, ROLL-OVER, FORWARD-SLIDING OF THE LOAD AGAINST CAB PANEL, IMPACT OF DRIVER AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL (WITH NEARVERTICAL COLUMN). THE DATA LEADS TO THE CONCLUSION THAT EVEN THOUGH THE WEALTH OF EXPERIMENTAL METHODS ACQUIRED IN CAR TESTS IS APPLICABLE IN BULK TO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, THERE ARE SEVERAL MARKED DIFFERENCES IN THE BEHAVIOR BETWEEN THE TWO TYPES OF VEHICLES; TO NAME A FEW, THE DIVERSE STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR IN SOME TYPES OF COLLISION, THE REDUCED POSSIBILITY OF POST-COLLISION FIRES, THE DIFFERENT KIND OF DRIVER-AGAINST-STEERING WHEEL IMPACT DUE TO THE DIFFERENT SETTINGS. THE IMFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE ABOVE PROVIDE INDICATIONS ON THE ADVISABILITY OF INTRODUCING IN THE CONVENTIONAL DESIGNS SOME CHANGES WHICH, THOUGH RATHER MODEST, CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT OF SAFETY OF THIS PARTICULAR CLASS OF VEHICLE. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 901 - 912, 11 FIG, 17 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Intl Auto Sfty Conf Compendium

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• Authors:
  • Granchini, E
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash tests; Crashes; Design; Dynamic tests; Fires; Obstructions (Navigation); Overturning; Safety; Safety equipment; Static tests; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Testing; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design features; Safety features; Structural behavior
• Old TRIS Terms: Obstruction
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221047
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1970 12:00AM