Automotive
Technical Paper

A Low Cost, High Performance Impact Test Facility

2002-01-0689

03/04/2002

Event
SAE 2002 World Congress & Exhibition
Authors
Andrew Gilberg Teknacon
Mark Hood McSwain Engineering
Darrell McKinley McSwain Engineering
Richard McSwain McSwain Engineering
Abstract
Content
An impact test facility powered by bungee cords is described. Bungee powered impactors have a long and distinguished history in automotive and aircraft related testing.
This paper recounts some of the past uses of the “rubber band” as motive power for safety related testing and presents details of a new application for the concept.
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Topics
Test facilities
Impact tests
Elastomers
Historical reference
Technical review
Aircraft
Affiliated or Co-Author
Teknacon
McSwain Engineering
Details
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-0689
Pages
18
Citation
Gilberg, A., Hood, M., McKinley, D., and McSwain, R., "A Low Cost, High Performance Impact Test Facility," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-0689, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-0689.
Additional Details
Publisher
SAE International
Published
Mar 4, 2002
Product Code
2002-01-0689
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English