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Evaluation of Passenger Compartment Strength in Car-to-Car Frontal Crashes
Technical Paper
2003-01-0909
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The strength of the passenger compartment is crucial for occupant safety in severe car-to-car frontal offset collisions. Car-to-car crash tests including minicars were carried out, and a low end of crash force was observed in a final stage of impact for cars with large intrusion into the passenger compartment. From overload tests, the strength could be evaluated from collapsing the passenger compartment. Based on the test, the end of crash force as well as the maximum forces might be important criteria to determine the passenger compartment strength, which in turn could predict the large intrusion into the passenger compartment in car-to-car crashes. A 64 km/h ODB test was insufficient to evaluate the potential strength of the passenger compartment because the maximum forces could not be determined in this test.
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Mizuno, K., Tateishi, K., Yonezawa, H., and Minda, H., "Evaluation of Passenger Compartment Strength in Car-to-Car Frontal Crashes," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-0909, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-0909.Also In
Advances in Vehicle Aggresivity & Compatibility, Side & Rear Impact, & Rollover Protection
Number: SP-1775; Published: 2003-03-03
Number: SP-1775; Published: 2003-03-03
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