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A New Structural Performance Standard for School Bus Bodies
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A comprehensive structural performance standard for school bus superstructures is being developed by a special task force on school bus safety organized by the School Bus Manufacturers Institute. This paper presents a progress report on the standard. Included is a review of the main features: the basic philosophy that the bus body must be capable of safe, controlled energy absorption in the event of a crash; the establishment of a statically equivalent test through the use of energy absorption as a simulation parameter; and detailed specifications for simulated crash modes. As a specific example, the rollover simulation test specification is presented in its entirety and a critical assessment is provided.
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Jahsman, W., "A New Structural Performance Standard for School Bus Bodies," SAE Technical Paper 741145, 1974, https://doi.org/10.4271/741145.Also In
References
- Rumphe W. C. “Static Load Test Code for School Bus Body Structure.” Paper 650717 presented at SAE National Powerplant and Transportation Meetings Cleveland October 1965
- “Colorado Minimum Standards Governing School Transportation Vehicles,” Colorado Dept. of Education Denver 1973
- “School Bus Safety Improvement Project Report,” Dynamic Sciences Phoenix