Text: by Patrick Höschele, Stefan Smit, Ernst Tomasch, Martin Östling, Krystoffer Mroz and Corina Klug
In this study, generic crash pulses for accident scenarios expected to be relevant for vehicles equipped with ADS (Automated Driving Systems) were generated based on a set of vehicle-to-vehicle structure simulations with current European sedan cars. These crash configurations included one Straight Crossing Path (SCP) and two Left Turn Across Path Opposite Direction (LTAP OD) configurations with varying initial velocities and weight ratios of the crash opponents.
The derived generic crash pulses capture a range of loading severities, directions and stiffness of current heavy sedan cars. The pulses can be used for sled simulations to evaluate restraints in conceptual studies when no vehicle-specific crash pulses are available. It is recommended that these pulses should extend todays used crash configurations in occupant safety and injury assessment for ADS vehicles.
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