Status of the development of improved vehicle side structures for the upgrade of FMVSS 214

Hollowell, William Thomas; Pavlick, Michael

In its 1977 rulemaking plan, the National Highway Traffic Salety Administration established the upgrade of side impact protection as a top priority. This paper reports the progress to date on the developments to upgrade the design of vehicle side structures. Also presented is the philosophy used for these upgrades. Finally, the plan for integrating the upgraded vehicles into the other support areas for this rulemaking activity is discussed.

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1980

Brownlee M, Hackney J, Abney T. Implications of the New Car Assessment Program for small car safety. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESV). October 21-24, 1980; Wolfsburg, Germany.403-411.

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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.

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.

1982

Hollowell WT, Hackney JR, MacLaughlin T. The status of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration side impact research. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESV). November 1-4, 1982; Kyoto, Japan.458-464.

1982

Kahane CJ. The effectiveness and performance of current door beams in side impact highway accidents in the United States. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESV). November 1-4, 1982; Kyoto, Japan.573-578.

1989

Mellander H, Ivarsson J, Korner J, Nilsson S. Side impact protection system: a description of the technical solutions and the statistical and experimental tools. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESV). May 29–June 1, 1989; Göteborg, Sweden.969-976.