The objective of the program was to develop a rear end structure with improved crash energy control characteristics for late-model perimeter frame American-built automobiles. Baseline impact tests were conducted to determine the performance characteristics of conventional automobiles in rear end impacts and to provide a basis for later evaluation of the modified vehicles. Scale model dynamic tests were conducted in a parametric study of various energy management concepts. Two basic designs and three vehicles were investigated in a series of full-scale development tests.
Rear End Structural Crashworthiness of Perimeter Frame Vehicles. Design Development and Verification
1972
294 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Pipeline Transportation , Passenger vehicles , Collision research , Crash tests , Frames , Structural design , Impact tests , Test facilities , Data acquisition , Design standards , Model tests , Revisions , Information systems , Recommendations , Crashworthiness , Vehicle rear ends