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Title:

CRASH TEST INSTRUMENTATION AND EVALUATION

Accession Number:

00611699

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515

Abstract:

This presentation examines current crash test instrumentation and evaluation standards described in NCHRP Report 230, concentrating only on those areas where modification of the current standards should be considered. Areas covered include occupant kinematics, wheel snag, vehicle velocity change, occupant compartment intrusion, and the flail space model. Although current crash test evaluation criteria contained in NCHRP Report 230 have generally improved the overall level of safety along the nation's roadways, current applications of the document are far beyond the purposes originally intended by the authors. The document was intended as a general guide for research agencies to follow in the evaluation of new safety hardware. NCHRP Report 230 has become a certification standard against which all safety hardware must be compared. Any update of this report will likely be used in a similar fashion. As a result, evaluation criteria must be as objectivve as possible with a minimum of the subjective language now found in the report.

Supplemental Notes:

Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

00611696

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Sicking, D

Pagination:

p. 13-14

Publication Date:

1991-7

Serial:

Transportation Research Circular

Issue Number: 374
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0097-8515

Features:

Tables (1)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Barriers; Intrusion; Speed changes

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Aug 31 1991 12:00AM

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