Samenvatting
The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of some parameters on the global severity of the side impact. Five tests were carried out using the Impact and Biomechanics Laboratory facilities. In all the tests, the impacted vahicle was similar, and the dummy on the driver's seat was an EUROSID. The parameters examined were: (1) the basic frame of the mobile deformable barrier (MDB); (2) the front deformable face constitution; and (3) the MDB trajectory (crabbed or perpendicular). As during every test only one parameter was modified, the influence of each parameter was examined. The results are given in terms of vehicle kinematics and deformation, and of measurements on the dummies.