Unit called "impact sled" is described, developed at General Motors, which permits nondestructive, controllable, repeatable tests of full scale actual vehicles and components under indoor laboratory conditions; partial vehicle and dummies, equipped with several accelerometers, are used for car crash tests; data yielded by tests serve to build more safety into passenger compartment.
Impact sled simulates crash effects
Test Eng Mgmt
Test Engineering and Management ; 13 , n 4 ; p 24-25 + 28 + 50 + 52-53
1965
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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