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Evaluation of vehicle crash compatibility with the aid of finite element analysis and compared with real testing results.
paris98/f98t231

Authors

Dipl. Ing. D. Busch - SEAT. S.A.
Dip. Ing. M. Hurtado - SEAT. S.A.

Abstract

In the past years, development have been done in achieving better results for the standardised front, offset and side crashes. This has lead to a very good car body behaviour in test laboratories but there is no certainty in what would happen in real car to car collisions.

This paper will discuss the 90º compatibility crash from two points of view: finite element calculation and real testing. Emphasis will be made in the in the correlation between both methods the advantages of using them and in the evaluation of possible new approaches in the future.

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