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Investigation of Vehicle Side Impact Stiffness - Comparison of Static and Dynamic Tests
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The purpose of this investigation on vehicle side-impact stiffness and the comparison of the static and dynamic tests was to contribute guidelines for a final test procedure with two advantages: to be, on the one hand, simply practicable and reproducible and, on the other hand, to provide results corresponding as close as possible to real accidents. Additionally, the investigation emphasized testing of side parts significant to the objectives of the test: door only, door and sill, or door, sill and roof. New cars as well as heavily rusted vehicles were used for the test. Therefore this paper also treats the question of what degree a test of only new cars will be useful, without considering the state of corrosion of older vehicles.
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Rau, H., "Investigation of Vehicle Side Impact Stiffness - Comparison of Static and Dynamic Tests," SAE Technical Paper 720224, 1972, https://doi.org/10.4271/720224.Also In
References
- Safety Regulations for the Experimental Safety Vehicle United States and Germany
- Group of Rapporteurs on General Safety Provisions (GRSG) (GRSG/70/5) “Resistance of Passenger Compartment to Side Impact”
- Department of Transportation National Highway Safety Bureau [Docket No. 28-3; Notice 4] Consumer Information “Side Door Strength.”
- Franchini E. “The Crash Survival Space.” Paper 690005 SAE Automotive Engineering Congress Detroit January 1969