Effect of vehicle mix on two-car head-on impact.

Author(s)
Lin, K.H. Kamal, M.M. & Justussen, J.W.
Year
Abstract

The comparative dynamic response (acceleration, velocity, and crush) of two cars, differing in mass and structural characteristics and impacting head-on, is examined for various closing speeds and payloads through the use of a computer simulation model. Among other results, this analysis of the so-called vehicle mix problem shows the inherent limitations of "equivalent barrier impact" concepts in analyzing such impacts.

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B 8318 fo /80/91/
Source

Warrendale, PA, Society of Automotive Engineers SAE, 1975, 16 p., 2 fig., 19 graph., 2 tab., 10 ref.; SAE Paper No. 750117.

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