STRUCTURE VERIFICATION OF BUS PASSENGER SEATS

The purpose of the program was to evaluate the requirements of proposed rulemaking for structural verification of bus passenger seats from a compliance test standpoint. Task 1 of the program was concerned with a structural design of a bus passenger seat to minimize passenger injury on impact. This was accomplished by a concurrent design and development test effort. Task 2 was the performance of testing to verify compliance of the seat design to the established structural load criteria.

• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

  Department of Agronomy
  Blacksburg, VA  United States  24061
• Authors:
  • Sittler, E L
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 56 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceptance tests; Buses; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Design; Evaluation; Human factors engineering; Passenger transportation; Regulations; Research; Safety; Safety engineering; Seats; Specifications; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Requirement
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus passenger seats; Nhsb
• Subject Areas: Design; Law; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047768
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-069-2-334
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1973 12:00AM