International Journal of Automotive Technology

The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (한국자동차공학회)
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EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF USED CARS FOR FRONTAL COLLISION COMPATIBILITY

  • Lim, J.H. (Korea Automobile Insurance Repair Research & Training Center/KIDI) ;
  • Park, I.S. (Korea Automobile Insurance Repair Research & Training Center/KIDI) ;
  • Heo, S.J. (Graduate School of Automotive Engineering, Kookmin University)
  • Published : 2006.10.01
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Abstract

This research investigates injury values and vehicle deformation for vehicle frontal crash compatibility. To investigate compatibility in an individual case, it is possible to impact two vehicles and evaluate the injury values and deformations in both vehicles. In this study, four tests were conducted to evaluate compatibility. A large and mini vehicle were subjected to a frontal car-to-car crash test at a speed of 48.3 km/h with an offset of 40%. An inclination car-to-car crash test using the large and small vehicle were conducted at 30 km/h at a $30^{\circ}$ angle. The results of the 48.3 km/h, car-to-car frontal crash revealed extremely high injury values on the chest and upper leg of the Hybrid III 50% driver dummy with seatbelt in the mini vehicle compared to the large vehicle. For the 30 km/h, car-to-car inclination crash, however, injury values in the small vehicle were 1.5 times higher compared to the large vehicle.

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