Design of a Generic Rear Impact Guard to Meet FMVSS 223

2000-01-3523

12/04/2000

Event
International Truck & Bus Meeting & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
Trailer manufacturers must individually design and qualify a rear impact guard under FMVSS 223 for trailers built, sold or operated into the U.S. The Canadian Transportation Equipment Association (CTEA) found this onerous for smaller manufacturers, so requested the Centre for Transportation Technology of the National Research Council Canada (NRC/CSTT) to develop a generic rear impact guard suitable for trailers and trucks.
This paper outlines the constraints, design analysis and tests conducted to verify performance of the CTEA generic rear impact guard.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-3523
Pages
16
Citation
Billing, J., Liu, Y., and Tucker, G., "Design of a Generic Rear Impact Guard to Meet FMVSS 223," SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-3523, 2000, https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-3523.
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Published
Dec 4, 2000
Product Code
2000-01-3523
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English