Abstract
Keywords: rollover, truck, bus, pendulum, FEM
The deformation of the body structure during an accident can be predicted by experimental or analytical studies of the behaviour of the structure under the impact loads (frontal, lateral and roll-over impact). The rollover or crash test must be performed for any kind of motor vehicles. Many European regulations allow testing the impact or the rollover behaviour of the structure using the pendulum method. The paper will present some results concerning the use of the analytical pendulum method in order to study the rollover behavior of a truck cab and of a bus structure.