Development of a deformable side impact moving barrier

Davis, Sol; Ragland, Carl

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Dynamic Science, Inc. have developed a deformable moving barrier (Side Impactor) to evaluate passenger vehicle side structures in front-to-side collisions. Force-deflection properties for production vehicles at 0° and 30° frontal impacts were used to help establish the stiffness of the side impactor. Verification of side impactor stiffness was determined from load cell barrier testing and side impactor-to-car testing. Data from load cell barrier-to-car and car-to-car side impacts were used for comparative analysis. Repeatability tests will be conducted to determine the variability in performance parameters under "identical" test conditions.

Year

Entry

1984

Hackney JR, Monk MW, Hollowell WT, Sullivan LK, Willke DT. Results of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's thoracic side impact protection research program. In: Proceedings of the SAE Government/industry Meeting & Exposition. May 21-24, 1984; Washington, DC. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers. SAE 840886.

1996

Ueno M, Ohmae H, Harigae T, Satake K, Yamaguchi T, Fujiwara E. Development of moving deformable barriers in Japan. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 13-16, 1996; Melbourne, Australia.917-928.

1996

Esumi N, Satake K, Ohmae H, Harigae T, Ueno M. Research concerning vehicle occupant protection for lateral collision: accident analysis of lateral collision and vehicle characteristics in Japanese market. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 13-16, 1996; Melbourne, Australia.1257-1265.

1998

Ragland CL. Offset test procedure development and comparison. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 31–June 4, 1998; Windsor, Ontario, Canada.185-193.

1980

Burgett A. Status of program for improving side impact crash protection. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESV). October 21-24, 1980; Wolfsburg, Germany.705-714.