Car-to-truck compatibility in head-on collisions
ADALIAN ; RUSSO ; VERRIEST ; DESFONTAINES
Type de document
COMMUNICATION ORALE SANS ACTES (COM)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
ADALIAN ; RUSSO ; VERRIEST ; DESFONTAINES
Résumé / Abstract
This paper presents the analysis of crash between cars and trucks equipped or not with a front underrun protection device (fupd) in order to define the effect fupd mechanical and biomechanical consequences of this kind of accident. This device has been developed in order to improve the geometrical compatibility between cars and trucks in head-on collisions.