Citation

Tidbury GH. Int. J. Veh. Des. 1984; 5(1-2): 67-85.

Affiliation

Cranfield Inst of Technology, Cranfield Impact Cent, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Inderscience Publishers)

DOI

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Abstract

The current legal situation in Europe is reviewed, with a description of the work leading up to the proposed ECE (Economic Commission for Europe) Regulation on the strength of the superstructure of buses. Emphasis is given to the fact that this will be the first regulation of its kind that can be met by a calculation method. Correlation of full scale test, component tests and theory is demonstrated. A discussion of computer programs available to calculate the collapse properties of truck and bus structures is followed by examples of the proven accuracy of the CRASHD (Cranfield Structural High Deformation) finite element program. The examples include buses, truck cabs and agricultural tractor cabs. Finally, examples of accident simulation are reported where both the motion of the vehicle and the structural deformation are included.