A 100 G Frontal Crash Sled Test System

2004-01-0473

03/08/2004

Event
SAE 2004 World Congress & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
This paper describes the development of a new sled system that can address many safety-related issues pertaining to the racing industry. The system was designed to re-create acceleration and velocity levels similar to levels evident in race car crashes. The sled utilizes equipment typically used in passenger car crash research with the primary change to a specially designed lightweight carriage. This paper will overview the system and the types of crash events that can be simulated. Readers of this paper will gain a much broader understanding of accelerator sled testing and the issues related to the simulation of high speed crashes using physical testing.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-0473
Pages
7
Citation
Miller, P., and Nowak, T., "A 100 G Frontal Crash Sled Test System," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-0473, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-0473.
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Published
Mar 8, 2004
Product Code
2004-01-0473
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English