Reproducing the Structural Intrusion of Frontal Offset Crashes in the Laboratory Sled Test Environment

950643

02/01/1995

Event
International Congress & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
The response and risk of injury for occupants in frontal crashes are more severe when structural deformation occurs in the vehicle interior. To reproduce this impact environment in the laboratory, a sled system capable of producing structural intrusion in the footwell region has been developed. The system couples the hydraulic decelerator of the sled to actuator pistons attached to the toepan and floorpan structure of the buck. Characterization of the footwell intrusion event is based on developing a toepan pulse analogous to the acceleration pulse used to characterize sled and vehicle decelerations. Preliminary sled tests with the system indicate that it is capable of simulating a complex sequence of toepan/floorpan translations and rotations.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/950643
Pages
10
Citation
Crandall, J., Jordan, A., Bass, C., Klopp, G. et al., "Reproducing the Structural Intrusion of Frontal Offset Crashes in the Laboratory Sled Test Environment," SAE Technical Paper 950643, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/950643.
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Published
Feb 1, 1995
Product Code
950643
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English