Rebound-Simulation for the Determination of the Necessary Strength of Passenger Seats in Buses

785043

01/01/1978

Event
17th FISITA Congress (1978), Budapest, Hungary
Authors Abstract
Content
The strength of passenger seats and seat mounts are usually evaluated on the basis of personal vehicle tests. In particular, the backrest, its mounting, and the seat mounting are subjected to horizontal forces and evaluated. None of these tests, however, accounts directly for forces exerted by unbelted passengers thrown from behind into the rear of the backrests. The purpose of the paper was to investigate the validity of the testing procedure for commercial vehicles. Result were based on deceleration and rebound tests with dummies.
The tests showed that none of the passenger seats or their mountings was damaged by the deceleration of its own mass. However, all test seats were deformed by dummies striking them from behind under simulated collision conditions. Seat mountings remained undamage, though. It was concluded that the personal vehicle tests should not be directly applied to commercial vehicles because the forces applied on the backrests are not directly comparable in the two cases.
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Pages
11
Citation
Tupova, J., and Rompe, K., "Rebound-Simulation for the Determination of the Necessary Strength of Passenger Seats in Buses," SAE Technical Paper 785043, 1978, .
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Publisher
Published
Jan 1, 1978
Product Code
785043
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
German