A New Laboratory Device for Passenger Car Safety Studies Proving Ground Section, General Motors Corporation

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Cichowski, W. G., author.

Conference Name:

SAE World Congress & Exhibition (1964-01-01 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1964

Summary:

AbstractThe Proving Ground Section of General Motors Corporation has installed, and is using, a new fullscale impact machine for simulating vehicle crash conditions. The device is unique in the automotive industry having been provided with the capacity for the indoor testing of complete vehicle structures to an acceleration of 40 g. Vehicle components can be subjected to even higher accelerations.The machine is also unique in that the test vehicle or component is subjected to an acceleration pulse rather than the equivalent deceleration shock.The installation has been equipped with modern instrumentation for precise recording of test conditions. This includes high level illumination for the high speed photographic coverage

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Publisher Number:

640033

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