The purpose of the study, undertaken with the basic crashworthiness program, was to determine the probable behavior of a full size rear engine vehicle in frontal collisions. The primary objective of the investigation was twofold: To develop a vehicle configuration that would simulate the behavior of a full size rear engine automobile in frontal collisions, and to modify the frontal structure to produce nearly uniform passenger compartment decelerations in the 30 to 40 g range.
Basic Research in Automobile Crashworthiness - Testing and Evaluation of Rear Engine Concept
1969
101 pages
Report
No indication
English
Industrial Safety Engineering , Automobiles , Automobile engines , Automobile bodies , Collision research , Position(Location) , Structural design , Motor vehicle accidents , Simulation , Model tests , Energy dissipation , Angles(Geometry) , Deformation , Safety engineering , Rear engine automobiles , Automobile crashworthiness , Frontal collisions