EEVC approach to develop test procedure(s) for the improvement of crash compatibility between passenger cars

Faerber, Eberhard

Affiliations

¹Bundesanstalt für Strassenwesen (BASt), Federal Highway Research Institute, Germany

Abstract

As set out in the Terms of Reference, the objective of European Enhanced Vehicle-safety Committee (EEVC) Working Group (WG) 15 Car Crash Com- patibility and Frontal Impact is to develop a test procedure( s) with associated performance criteria for car frontal impact compatibility. This work should lead to improved car to car frontal compatibility and self protection without decreasing the safety in other impact configuration such as impacts with car sides, trucks, and pedestrians.

Since 2003, EEVC WG 15 served as a steering group for the car-to-car activities in the "Improvement of Vehicle Crash Compatibility through the development of Crash Test Procedures" (VC-COMPAT) project that was finalised at the end of 2006 and partly funded by the European Commission.

This paper presents the research work carried out in the VC-COMPAT project and the results of its assessment by EEVC WG 15. Other additional work presented by the UK and French governments and industry - in particular the European industry - was taken into consideration. It also identifies current issues with candidate testing approaches. The candidate test approaches are:

an offset barrier test with the progressive deformable barrier (PDB) face in combination with a full width rigid barrier test
a full width wall test with a deformable aluminium honeycomb face and a high resolution load cell wall supplemented by the forces measured in the offset deformable barrier (ODB) test with the current EEVC barrier.

These candidate test approaches must assess the structural interaction and give information of frontal force levels and compartment strength for passenger vehicles.

Further, this paper presents the planned route map of EEVC WG 15 for the evaluation of the proposed test procedures and assessment criteria.

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