Automotive
Technical Paper

A Crash Test Facility to Determine Automobile Crush Coefficients

880224

2/1/1988

Event
SAE International Congress and Exposition
Authors
Grant W. Miyasaki Accident Research Team University of British Columbia
Francis Navin Accident Research Team University of British Columbia
Michael MacNabb Accident Research Team University of British Columbia
Abstract
Content
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
with preliminary test results.
Meta Tags
Topics
Impact tests
Test facilities
Crashes
Affiliated or Co-Author
Accident Research Team University of British Columbia
Details
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/880224
Citation
Miyasaki, G., Navin, F., and MacNabb, M., "A Crash Test Facility to Determine Automobile Crush Coefficients," SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, United States, February 29, 1988, https://doi.org/10.4271/880224.
Additional Details
Publisher
SAE International
Published
2/1/1988
Product Code
880224
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English