Analysis of Factors Influencing Side Impact Compatibility

2009-01-1430

04/20/2009

Event
SAE World Congress & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
To examine factors influencing side impact compatibility, as a first step, car-to-car tests were conducted to investigate the effect of sill interaction. As a result, it was found that sill interaction had a less significant effect on side impact performance than reducing the load aligned with the dummy. In addition, a series of Mobile Deformable Barrier (MDB) tests were performed to corroborate the conclusions of the car-to-car tests. Comparison of the results of these MDB tests showed that the effect of reducing loading aligned with the driver dummy is more significant than that of engagement with the target car's sill, which is consistent with the car-to-car test results.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-1430
Pages
14
Citation
Takizawa, S., Higuchi, E., Iwabe, T., Emura, M. et al., "Analysis of Factors Influencing Side Impact Compatibility," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-1430, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-1430.
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Published
Apr 20, 2009
Product Code
2009-01-1430
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English