IDENTIFICATION OF SUPERIOR ENERGY-ABSORBING MATERIALS FOR SCHOOL BUS INTERIORS. VOLUME II: TECHNICAL REPORT

The report documents a study in school bus crashworthiness and is concerned primarily with the design of interior crash padding systems and the identification and selection of outstanding padding materials for this design application.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB80-165269.
• Corporate Authors:

  ASL Engineering, Incorporated

  Santa Barbara, CA  United States 

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • PAULS, L S
• Publication Date: 1980-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 106 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Cost effectiveness; Crash tests; Design; Energy absorption; Fire resistant materials; Flammability; Materials; Shock resistance; Toxicity; Weight
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Selection
• Old TRIS Terms: Weight mass
• Subject Areas: Design; Materials; Public Transportation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00313651
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-805-271
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-7-01664
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 26 2002 12:00AM