SIDE IMPACT CRASHWORTHINESS OF FULL-SIZE HARDTOP AUTOMOBILES

SIDE IMPACT CRASH RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS FOR LATE MODEL HARDTOP AUTOMOBILES WERE DETERMINED THROUGH THE CONDUCT OF FIVE BASELINE SIDE IMPACT CRASH TESTS INVOLVING VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE AND POLE SIMULATIONS. RESULTS OF THE BASELINE TESTS INDICATE THAT PRESENT FULL-SIZE HARDTOP AUTOMOBILES PROVIDE LITTLE CRASHWORTHINESS TO RESIST SIDE IMPACT OCCUPANT COMPARTMENT INTRUSION. ANALYSIS OF THE BASELINE TEST DATA, INCLUDING 50TH PERCENTILE DUMMY DATA, INDICATES THAT OCCUPANT COMPARTMENT INTRUSION WAS THE PRIME PARAMETER AFFECTING OCCUPANT SAFETY, AS CRASH ACCELERATION WAS GENERALLY LOW. AN ANALYTICAL COMPUTER SIMULATION WAS GENERATED TO ASSIST IN A DESIGN TRADE- OFF ANALYSIS FOR DETERMINING PROMISING STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS TO IMPROVE THE HARDTOP SIDE IMPACT CRASHWORTHINESS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract DOT-HS-046-1-209
• Corporate Authors:

  Dynamic Science

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• Authors:
  • SHAW, L M
• Publication Date: 1972-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 165 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Automobiles; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Design; Motor vehicle bodies; Research; Simulation; Testing
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile bodies
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221950
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 1973 12:00AM