Comparison of Measured Velocity Change in Frontal Crash Tests to NASS Computed Velocity Change

980649

02/23/1998

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International Congress & Exposition
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Content
The purpose of this study is to attempt to quantify the differences between CRASH3 generated velocity change (ΔV) as used in the National Automotive Sampling System - Crashworthiness Data System (NASS-CDS) and measured velocities in actual frontal crash tests. An appropriate factor is then applied to ΔV in NASS to estimate an adjusted ΔV distribution based on these differences. A substantial change to the velocity distribution in NASS-CDS will have a significant bearing on the estimates of lives and injuries affected by any changes to the impact velocity for the frontal crash test in FMVSS No. 208 or other rulemaking decisions.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/980649
Pages
11
Citation
Stucki, S., and Fessahaie, O., "Comparison of Measured Velocity Change in Frontal Crash Tests to NASS Computed Velocity Change," SAE Technical Paper 980649, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/980649.
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Published
Feb 23, 1998
Product Code
980649
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English