Determination of Bumper Characteristics Using Prototype Moving Barriers MacInnis Engineering Associates

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

King, David J., author.

Conference Name:

SAE International Congress & Exposition (1997-02-24 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1997

Summary:

Accurate assessment of the severity of a low speed impact between two vehicles can sometimes only be accomplished through staged collisions with the actual or exemplar vehicles. However, the cost of obtaining, colliding, then repairing the vehicles often precludes this option.For this paper, two prototype moving barriers were constructed to test three different bumper assemblies separate from their vehicles. Candidate bumper assemblies were mounted to the moving barriers for low speed impact testing with a stationary barrier and three other vehicles.Forty three test series of 701 total impacts were done to compare bumper performance in moving barrier tests with their in-situ counterpart. Vehicle-to-fixed barrier, vehicle-to-vehicle, moving barrier-to-fixed barrier and moving barrier-to-vehicle tests were done using four different vehicles. The actual vehicle and moving barrier results were statistically compared.The hypothesis that a moving barrier can be used in place of a motor vehicle in low speed impacts was tested

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Publisher Number:

970956

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