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Relative Crush Energies

Bruno Schmidt ([email protected])
Mon, 25 May 1998 20:51:02 -0400 (EDT)

I am in the process of doing a theoretical comparison of the crush energies experienced by vehicles in a two-vehicle collision. To compare theory to experiment, I would like to receive independently obtained data on crush energies. Please send them to my e-mail address rather than responding to the TARO thread, so we don't clog it up. I want data for only "clean" collisions--no underrides, no severe bowing, well defined crush values, well defined PDOF's. I would like to receive the information in the following format if it is not too inconvenient:

Person supplying the information, and e-mail address
Date of collision
For vehicle 1 and vehicle 2:
Make
Model
Year
Weight (lbs)
Crush Coefficient A (lb/in)
Crush Coefficient B (lb/in^2)
Average crush (in)
Width of damaged area (in)
PDOF
Calculated crush energy (lb-in)
Location of damage (side, front, rear)
Source of A, B values

Again, please send to my e-mail address: [email protected]

Please check the TARO site under this thread before e-mailing me the information, because if I get inundated with data, I will submit a "cease-fire" request. Thanks for any help that you give. I will be happy to share the results if anything comes of the study.


Bruno Schmidt
[email protected]

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