Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (한국자동차공학회논문집)

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The Effect of Bumper Mismatch on Vehicle Repair Cost

차량 간 범퍼높이 차이가 수리비에 미치는 영향

  • Choi, Dong-Won (Crash Research Department for Korea Automobile Insurance Repair Research & Training Center(KART)) ;
  • Park, In-Song (Crash Research Department for Korea Automobile Insurance Repair Research & Training Center(KART)) ;
  • Hong, Seung-Jun (Samsung Traffic Safety Research Institute)
  • 최동원 (보험개발원 자동차기술연구소) ;
  • 박인송 (보험개발원 자동차기술연구소) ;
  • 홍승준 (삼성교통안전문화연구소)
  • Received : 2009.04.20
  • Accepted : 2009.07.22
  • Published : 2010.01.01
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Abstract

It is a frequent occurrence in urban traffic - a low-speed collision in which one vehicle hits the back of another. The vehicles often sustain expensive damage. Bumpers can reduce this damage, but only line up so the initial contact in an impact is bumper to bumper. Then the bumpers on the colliding vehicles have to absorb the crash energy, keeping damage away from expensive sheet metal, lights, and other components. In real world accidents, Bumper mismatches in crashes are increasing, and the resulting repair costs from low-speed collisions are escalating. In this study, we investigated the bumper rail height and analyzed their effects on repair cost. Futhermore, Our 16kph front-into-rear crash tests demonstrates bumper mismatch problem.

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