Research on vehicle compatibility in Japan

Mizuno, Koji; Tateishi, Kazumasa; Arai, Yuji; Nishimoto, Toshiyuki

Affiliations

¹National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory

³Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT), Japan

Abstract

Test procedures to assess vehicle compatibility were investigated based on a series of crash tests. This paper summarizes the research reported by Japan to the IHRA CompatibilityWorking Group.

Based on full frontal impact tests, the force distributions to evaluate homogeneity were examined by a crash test of a large car as well as JNCAP tests. The AHOF has a correlation with longitudinal member heights and vehicle mass.

A PDB test was carried out using a large car, and the deformation of the barrier was a good indicator for structural interactions. The shear connections of the front structures could be evaluated compared with ODB and full frontal tests.

The results of three overload tests were examined. The maximum force and end of crash force in overload tests has a correlation with those in car-to-car crash tests, which indicated the effectiveness of this test method.

Links

URL: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/esv/esv18/CD/Files/18ESV-000113.pdf

Cited Works (1)

Year	Entry
2001	O’Reilly P. Status report of IHRA vehicle compatibility working group. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 4-7, 2001; Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Cited By (2)

Year	Entry
2005	Verma MK, Lavelle JP, Tan SA, Lange RC. Injury patterns and effective countermeasures for vehicle collision compatibility. In: Proceedings of the 19th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 6-9, 2005; Washington, DC.
2005	Mizuno K, Yamazaki K, Arai Y, Notsu M. Japan research on compatibility improvement and test procedures. In: Proceedings of the 19th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 6-9, 2005; Washington, DC.