TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - The offset crash against a deformable barrier, a more realistic frontal impact
JO  - Proceedings: International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles
A1  - Kallina, Ingo
A1  - Zeidler, F.
A1  - Baumann, K-h
A1  - Scheunert, D.
SP  - 1300
EP  - 1304
VL  - 1995
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N2  - The passive safety of passenger cars in frontal collisions is usually assessed by means of crash tests against a flat or angled rigid barrier. With respect to the frequency of asymmetrical frontal impacts in real world accidents, the most important crash test at Mercedes-Benz is an offset test with 40% overlap at 55 km/h against the rigid barrier. The rigid barrier should be replaced by a deformable barrier to further increase the proximity to road accidents of this offset crash. It should simulate the yielding structure involved in a car-to-car crash but at the same time with better efficiency and higher reproducibility. Based on extensive research Mercedes-Benz has defined such a realistic test. Since the deformable element according to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 214 is well known and validated, it was chosen for this purpose. The force/deflection characteristics of the Honeycomb element represent the stiffness of the front end of a medium to large car. First results show that the vehicle deformation patterns are very similar to those found in real-world accidents. Another, also very important result is that the degree of overlap does not significantly influence the load on the occupants, in contrast to the tests against a rigid offset barrier.<p /> 
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UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
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