DEVELOPMENT OF FRONT-END STRUCTURE WITH ENERGY-ABSORBING DEVICE. (TUBE-EXPANDING CONSTRUCTION)

The Nissan ESV, E2, was intended to achieve occupant protection in an 80 km/h frontal barrier collision solely through use of a belt system. To meet this goal a broach was developed as a new energy-absorbing unit, with outstanding performance and ease of control. With the application of this contrivance, a front-end structure with such broaches was constructed. The E2 model vehicle, with this broach device installed in the front end, was found experimentally to come close to the target; i.e., with the broach units effectively functioning in consonance with a high-performance seat belt system, the experimental vehicle accomplished necessary crashworthiness, and insured sufficient occupant survival space in the occupant compartment. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Originally published in the Transactions of the Society of Automative Engineers of Japan, Incorporated, No. 8, February, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan

  16-15, 1-chome, Takanawa, Minato-ku
  Tokyo 108,   Japan 

  Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan

  16-15, 1-chome, Takanawa, Minato-ku
  Tokyo 108,   Japan 

  Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan

  16-15, 1-chome, Takanawa, Minato-ku
  Tokyo 108,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Shimoe, H
  • Aya, N
  • TSUJI, H
  • Kajio, Y
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 84-95
• Serial:
  • Society of Automative Engineers (Japan) Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injury research; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Energy absorbing materials; Frontal crashes; Manual safety belts; Research; Safety vehicles; Vehicle front end
• Old TRIS Terms: Energy absorbers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156079
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM