BLOCK WITH A FULL STOP

This article describes the sixty-ton reinforced concrete block designed and built for the Motor Industry Research Association at Nuneaton, Warwickshire, in their vehicle crash test laboratory. The block is designed to stop a vehicle dead and absorb forces of 50 g or up to 100 tons while allowing the propulsion sledge to decelerate more slowly under floor level, to be returned for further runs. Longitudinal, transverse and plan views of the block and approach channels are included and show details of the above floor and underfloor construction. The article describes the construction procedure and includes design details for the ducts, pits and reinforced concrete floor. The block can be used for the required pre-production government car impact tests, and use is made of anthropometric dummies for the electronic measurement of stresses and forces on vehicle occupants during deceleration. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cement and Concrete Association

  Wexham Spring
  Slough SL3 6PL, Buckinghamshire,   England 

  Concrete Society

  Terminal House, Grosvenor Gardens
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Seymour, M
• Publication Date: 1979-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 16-17
• Serial:
  • CONCRETE
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: THE CONCRETE SOCIETY
  • ISSN: 0010-5317

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Crash tests; Deceleration; Design; Dummies; Energy absorbing materials; Impact sleds; Inertia (Mechanics); Measurement; Reinforced concrete; Slabs; Stresses; Testing equipment; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Energy absorbers; Sleds
• ITRD Terms: 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 5416: Deceleration; 1629: Impact sled; 1648: Impact test (crash); 5491: Inertia; 6136: Measurement; 4794: Reinforced concrete; 5575: Stress (in material); 6247: Test rig; 8119: United Kingdom; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety; I95: Vehicle Inspection;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310240
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1980 12:00AM