Jan 1 n 1 p 66-8: Operating principle of "Impact Sled," installed at General Motor's Proving Ground in Milford, Mich; system having payload capacity of 5000 lb with acceleration stroke of 5 ft can test complete vehicle structures to acceleration of 40 g; vehicle components can be subjected to even higher accelerations. Jan 15 n 2 p 87-8: In addition to high-speed photographic coverage of each crash test, Proving Ground uses magnetic tape and oscillograph recording equipment plus necessary signal conditioning electronic gear; examples of studies carried out.


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    Title :

    Safer cars from crash simulation


    Additional title:

    Automotive Industries


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    Publication date :

    1967


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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