A comparison of frontal and side impact : crash dynamics, countermeasures and subsystem tests.

Author(s)
Lau, I.V. Capp, J.P. & Obermeyer, J.A.
Year
Abstract

Frontal crashes and near-side crashes were compared and found to be significantly different events. In a frontal crash, the energy to be dissipated from the occupant is constant for a given speed. In a side crash, the energy transferred to a struck-side occupant depends highly on his interaction with the door. That difference has important implications on the choice of countermeasures, injury criteria, and subsystem tests.

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C 331 (In: C 325 S [electronic version only]) /84 /91 / IRRD 850463
Source

In: Proceedings of the thirty-fifth Stapp Car Crash Conference, November 18-20, 1991, San Diego, California, p. 109-124, 31 ref.

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