VEHICLE COMPATIBILITY - ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING SIDE IMPACT OCCUPANT INJURY

This paper discusses a study conducted by General Motors Corporation to better understand the factors that influence injury potential in vehicle-to-vehicle side impacts. Real world field performance was studied through an extensive six-state analysis of recent model year vehicles (1994+). Of particular interest in this study was the Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (MVSS) 214 dynamic side impact standard, which was phased-in starting with some 1994 model year passenger cars. Physical side impact crash testing of a 1997 passenger car was used to investigate the relationship of impacting mass, speed, geometric profile and stiffness on side impact intrusion and occupant injury. Included in this test series was an assessment of the injury response differences between the SID and BioSID anthropomorphic test devices. To further investigate the factors influencing side impact injury, computer simulation was used to investigate how changes in impacting vehicle speed, mass, height, angle, overlap, plan view curvature and width affect occupant injury and intrusion.

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• Authors:
  • Lugt, D V
  • Connolly, T
  • Bhalsod, D
• Conference:
  • SAE International Congress & Exposition: Vehicle Safety Structure Session
  • Location: Detroit Michigan, United States
  • Date: 1999-3-1 to 1999-3-4
• Publication Date: 1999-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 43-54
• Serial:
  • SAE Special Publications
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash injuries; Crash tests; Crashworthiness; Dummies; Geometric design; Mass; Side crashes; Simulation; Speed; Stiffness
• Identifier Terms: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vehicle intrusion
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00800278
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0768003741
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE/SP-99/1442,, SP-1442, SP-1442,
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 24 2000 12:00AM