THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND DYNAMIC SCIENCE, INC. HAVE DEVELOPED A DEFORMABLE MOVING BARRIER (SIDE IMPACTOR) TO EVALUATE PASSENGER VEHICLE SIDE STRUCTURES IN FRONT-TO-SIDE COLLISIONS. FORCE-DEFLECTION PROPERTIES FOR PRODUCTION VEHICLES AT 0 DEG AND 30 DEG FRONTAL IMPACTS WERE USED TO HELP ESTABLISH THE STIFFNESS OF THE SIDE IMPACTOR. VERIFICATION OF SIDE IMPACTOR STIFFNESS WAS DETERMINED FROM LOAD CELL BARRIER TESTING AND SIDE IMPACTOR-TO-CAR TESTING. DATA FROM LOAD CELL BARRIER-TO-CAR AND CAR-TO-CAR SIDE IMPACTS WERE USED FOR COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS. REPEATABILITY TESTS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE VARIABILITY IN PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS UNDER "IDENTICAL" TEST CONDITIONS. (A) FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF SECTION 5 SEE IRRD 266063. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD 266046.
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