Major emphasis has been placed on development of crash protection systems, low-speed vehicle damage control, pedestrian injury reduction and occupant protection. Respective systems were designed, developed and tested at the sub-system level. Once acceptable subsystem performance was established, test articles representing the complete crash protection features were fabricated and subjected to a number of system integration tests. Results to date are very encouraging. A high level of crash protection has been provided in a small family type vehicle. The overall design appears to be compatible with Phase I weight (2700 lbs.), producibility and cost targets. Further refinements of the design, anticipated for the subsequent effort, are discussed.


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    Title :

    Design, Development and Testing of Calspan/Chrysler Research Safety Vehicle - Phase II. Volume I


    Contributors:
    P. M. Miller (author) / J. E. Greene (author)

    Publication date :

    1977


    Size :

    320 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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