Side impact crash response characteristics for late model hardtop automobile were determined through the conduct of five baseline side impact crash tests involving vehicle-to-vehicle and pole simulations. Results of the baseline tests indicate that present full-size hardtop automobiles provide little crashworthiness to resist side impact occupant compartment intrusion. Analysis of the baseline test data, including 50th percentile dummy data, indicate that occupant compartment intrusion was the prime parameter affecting occupant safety as crash acceleration was generally low. An analytical computer simulation was generated to assist in a design trade-off analysis for determining promising structural modifications to improve the hardtop side impact crashworthiness. (Author)
Side Impact Crashworthiness of Full-Size Hardtop Automobiles
1972
165 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch