EEVC Compatibility

Improvement of crash compatibility between cars. EEVC provided the start of a scientific approach to the question of crash compatibility between cars. Effort was concentrated on the most important impact types: car to car frontal and side impacts. Consideration was also given to the implications for pedestrian and other types of impact. The work covered three main activities: 1. Data from in-depth accident studies was used to identify the most important problems related to compatibility. 2. Typical accident configurations was replicated by carrying out experimental car to car impacts. These crash tests should help to identify the major problems occurring when two cars impact. 3. Computer simulation modelling was used to study the effects of changing the effective stiffness and mass of two cars impacting.

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