VEHICLE FRONT END STRUCTURE CRASH EVALUATION PROGRAM. VOLUME II. TECHNICAL REPORT

The report presents the results of a research program conducted to determine the crash response characteristics of two front end structure systems. Computer simulations of each structure and crash environment were conducted using an existing computer crash simulation program. The two front end structures, a ramped fixed-force system and a variable stroke velocity-sensitive system, were incorporated into bogey vehicles which were crashed into a rigid barrier, a variable rigidity barrier, and production vehicle front and side structures. The test results provided data by which computer simulation of the crash conditions was verified. The empirical data were extended to other crash environments using the computer simulation techniques.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB-231 823.
• Corporate Authors:

  Ultrasystems, Incorporated

  Dynamic Science Division, 1850 West Pinnacle Peak Road
  Phoenix, AZ  United States  85027
• Authors:
  • SHAW, L M
  • Harper, A D
  • Anderson, R L
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 262 p.

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057653
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Dyn Sci-2310-73-160VFinal Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-046-2-486
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Dec 19 1974 12:00AM