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A Crash Test Facility to Determine Automobile Crush Coefficients
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Abstract
A low cost and low speed automobile crash test facility for full frontal impacts has been designed and constructed to determine vehicle crush characteristics. The function and operation of systems comprising the facility are discussed in this paper and include:
- Site layout and tow system arrangement
- Tow system and test vehicle guidance
- Crash barrier
- Release mechanisms
- Speed measurement
- Recording of the impact event
- In addition, the crash barrier is validated
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Miyasaki, G., Navin, F., and MacNabb, M., "A Crash Test Facility to Determine Automobile Crush Coefficients," SAE Technical Paper 880224, 1988, https://doi.org/10.4271/880224.Also In
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