Vehicle Component Characterization. Volume 2 : Data Appendices.

PDFTech ReportDOT-TSC-NHTSA-86-3DatabasesHead on collisionsInstrument panelsVehicle componentsWindshieldsUnited StatesUnited States. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationSegal, David J.Kamholz, Leonard R.Griffith, Davis G.John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)United States. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Vehicle DesignNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITYVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThis study developed a set of data which could be used in computer crash occupant simulation models to study automobile crashworthiness. The data generated has been used to develop a data base on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's VAX 11/780 computer. The project involved the quasi static and dynamic testing of automobile instrument panels and windshields. The instrument panels of 19 vehicles were tested for their stiffness characteristics. A procedure was developed for testing windshields as they would be loaded under frontal collision conditions. The procedural study determined that only dynamic impacts properly duplicate the loading conditions found during an accident