Low-Speed Impact Testing of Pickup Truck Bumpers 2001-01-0893
The purpose of this paper was to compare the damage to pickup truck bumpers produced by vehicle-to-barrier and vehicle-to-vehicle collisions of a similar severity, in order to determine whether vehicle-to-barrier tests can serve as surrogates for vehicle-to-vehicle tests in accident reconstruction. Impact tests were conducted on the front and rear bumpers of five pickup trucks. Each truck was subjected to an impact with a fixed barrier and with a passenger vehicle. All impacts resulted in pickup truck speed changes of about 8 km/h. Damage produced in the barrier and vehicle-to-vehicle collisions was similar if both collisions resulted in bumper mount damage on the pickup truck. If there was no bumper mount damage, then the bumper beam deformation depended on the shape of the impactor.
Citation: Heinrichs, B., Lawrence, J., Allin, B., Bowler, J. et al., "Low-Speed Impact Testing of Pickup Truck Bumpers," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0893, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-0893. Download Citation
Author(s):
Bradley E. Heinrichs, Jonathan M. Lawrence, Boyd D. Allin, James J. Bowler, Craig C. Wilkinson, Kurt W. Ising, David J. King, Stephen J. Ptucha
Affiliated:
MacInnis Engineering Associates
Pages: 25
Event:
SAE 2001 World Congress
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Accident Reconstruction: Crash Analysis-SP-1572, SAE 2001 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems-V110-6
Related Topics:
Light trucks
Impact tests
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