DUAL-FUEL MOTOR VHICLE SAFETY IMPACT TESTING

IMPACT TESTING WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE POTENTIAL FIRE OR OTHER HAZARDS RESULTING FROM RUPTURE OF FUEL CIRCUITRY AND/OR TANK RETENTION FAILURE IN COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS(CNG) AND LIQUID NATURAL GAS(LNG)SYSTEMS. FOLLOWING AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF THE DATA, AN ANALYSIS OF THE SYSTEM WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF THE NORMAL OCCUPANT SURVIVABILITY LIMIT OF THE VEHICLES IN CRASH SITUATIONS WAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE CRASHWORTHINESS OF THE SYSTEM WERE FORMULATED AFTER A FUEL SYSTEM ANALYSIS BASED ON THE TEST DATA AND CONSIDERATION OF OTHER CRASH MODES TO WHICH THE VEHICLES COULD BE SUBJECTED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract DOT-HS-046-1-062
• Corporate Authors:

  Dynamic Science

  ,    
• Authors:
  • Enserink, E
• Publication Date: 1971-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 228 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automotive engineering; Crash tests; Electric circuits; Engineering; Fires; Fuel systems; Fuel tanks; Hazards; Natural gas; Recommendations; Safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Circuits
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221935
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 5 1973 12:00AM