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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carlo Albertini, Ispra, IT;
Mikhail Mogilevski, Novosibirsk, RU;
Assignee:
European Community, Gasperi, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 1205 ;
Abstract
Real scale investigations can be carried out on vehicle impacts using a vehicle, or part hereof, or crash barrier, tested on a large dynamic testing facility (LDTF). The LDTF includes nodes connected at either end of a sample under test crash barrier. The forces in the bar are measured by Hopkinson output bars connected at right angles at each node to measure perpendicular components of a force in the barrier. Vehicle may be equipped with additional instrumentation and used as an impactor against the barrier.