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Side impact barrier~Development and evaluation
Technical Paper
2002-04-0055
Sector:
Event:
Vehicle Safety 2002
Language:
English
Abstract
The desire for improved transport safety led to the introduction
of ECE Regulation 95 and EU Directive 96/27/EC for the protection
of vehicle occupants against lateral collision. The Regulation
includes a dynamic full-scale impact of a mobile deformable barrier
(MDB) into the side of the target vehicle. The MDB comprises a
trolley with a deformable face, currently defined by dimensions,
force-deflection and energy dissipation requirements.
Some vehicle manufacturers have experienced difficulties when
testing due to what is now recognized as the differing behavior of
barrier faces that have been certified to the dynamic performance
requirements set out in the Directive and the Regulation. Following
an evaluation of all the MDB faces available to the performance
specification, the European Enhanced Vehicle-safety Committee
(EEVC) recommended that a design specification should be developed
for the MDB face so as to improve consistency, repeatability and
reproducibility. This recommendation was supported by the EC and
Member States and a program of work was devised to produce a design
specification and undertaken an extensive test program to validate
barrier faces built to that specification.
Authors
- S. Knack - BASt
- E. Becchio - Fiat
- D. Hynd - TRL Limited
- R. Lowne - TRL Limited
- P. Castaing - UTAC
- R. Zuljar - TNO