Side Impact Motor Vehicle Structural Characteristics from Crash Tests
This paper describes how side impact structural characteristics for a front- wheel-drive passenger car are investigated to compare occupant compartment stiffness to that for lateral collisions that involve the suspension pillars. Moving deformable barrier crash tests are analyzed to determine stiffness at a variety of speeds. A truck-to-car crash test in which the passenger car is struck laterally at the left front is analyzed to derive the stiffness of the structure involving the suspension. For the MDB and the truck-to-car crash tests the effects of post-impact vehicle rotation is evaluated. Structural restitution is estimated quantitatively. The off-compartment lateral structural stiffness is determined to be more than twice that for the occupant compartment.
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Authors:
- Germane, Geoffrey J
- Munson, Tyler S
- Henry, Kevin C
- Publication Date: 2008-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Pagination: v.p.
- Monograph Title: Crash Reconstruction Research: 20 Years of Progress (1988-2007)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Columns; Crash injuries; Crash injury research; Front seat occupants; Impacts; Lateral supports; Passenger cars; Side crashes; Structural components of specific vehicles; Vehicle safety
- Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01111397
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780768020526
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 29 2008 11:47AM