Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (한국자동차공학회논문집)

The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (한국자동차공학회)
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Research on Vehicle Crash Compatibility Through Car to Car Frontal Crash Test

차 대 차 정면충돌시험을 통한 상호안전성 연구

  • 박인송 (보험개발원 자동차기술연구소) ;
  • 김관희 (보험개발원 자동차기술연구소) ;
  • 홍승준 (삼성교통안전문화연구소)
  • Published : 2007.09.01
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Abstract

Since 2000, sports utility vehicles(SUVs) occupy about 40% of domestic vehicle sales. As sports utility vehicle sales are increased the probability of crash accident between SUVs and passenger vehicles increases. Generally, SUVs are heavier than passenger vehicles and their drive height and front end stillness are higher than passenger vehicles. Because of these characteristics SUVs cause more severe injury and fatal injury in SUV to passenger vehicle head-on impact. To evaluate SUV's aggessivity to passenger vehicle, we carried out SUV to passenger vehicle head-on crash test. And finally the way how to reduce incompatibility between SUVs and passenger vehicles is suggested.

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