Technical Paper
Simulation of Vehicle Lateral Side Impacts with Poles to Estimate Crush and Impact Speed Characteristics
2015-04-14
2015-01-1428
A range of simulated pole impact tests at various speeds and impact angles were conducted using LS-Dyna and PC-Crash. Publicly available Finite Element Vehicle models of a 1996 Ford Taurus, a 1994 Chevrolet C2500 and a 1997 Geo Metro (Suzuki Swift) were used, providing relationships among impact speeds, crush depths and impact angles.