VEHICLE FRONT END STRUCTURE CRASH EVALUATION PROGRAM. VOLUME III. APPENDICES

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, providing a high degree of confidence in analytical representation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, PB-232 652.
• 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: 557 p.

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057894
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 2310-73-160 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-046-2-486
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Nov 12 1974 12:00AM