Research on Stiffness Matching Between Vehicles for Frontal Impact Compatibility

To achieve good frontal impact compatibility, it is necessary to help match stiffness between vehicles in addition to the enhancement of structural interaction. In this paper, the issues of helping stiffness matching in frontal sport utility vehicle (SUV)-to-car impacts were studied using MADYMO vehicle simulation and MADYMO occupant dummy simulation.

• Record URL:
  http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-01/esv/esv19/05-0302-O.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Watanabe, Taisuke
  • Hirayama, Shigeru
  • Obayashi, Kazuhiro
  • Okabe, Tomosaburo
• Conference:
  • 19th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV)
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2005-6-6 to 2005-6-9
• Publication Date: 2005-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 7p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings - 19th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV), Washington, D.C., June 6-9, 2005

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash injury research; Dummies; Frontal crashes; Motor vehicles; Simulation; Sport utility vehicles; Stiffness
• Identifier Terms: MADYMO (Computer program)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Compatibility
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01066536
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 05-0302
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 31 2007 2:52PM