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Research on Aggressivity of Light Truck Vehicle and SUV to Passenger Vehicle  

Kim, Guan-Hee (Korea Insurance Development Institute)
Park, In-Song (Korea Insurance Development Institute)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers / v.17, no.5, 2009 , pp. 133-139 More about this Journal
Abstract
When two cars impact each other, it is usually known smaller vehicle's passenger likely to be more seriously injured than bigger one's. Generally it is known that SUVs and Light Truck Vehicles (LTVs) are bigger and heavier than passenger vehicles and their drive height such as bumper rail and side member, and front end stiffness are higher than those of passenger vehicles. Because of these characteristics the occupants of passenger vehicle struck by SUVs or LTVs are more likely to experience severe injury or fatal injury. To evaluate SUV and LTV's aggressivity to passenger vehicle, SUV to passenger vehicle and LTV to passenger vehicle head-on crash test have been carried out. And finally the way how to reduce incompatibility between SUV and LTV and passenger vehicles is suggested.
Keywords
SUV; LTV; Drive height; Car to car crash; Crash compatibility; Aggressivity;
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