@article{ref1,
title="Compatibility between sports-utility vehicles and sedan-type vehicles",
journal="International journal of crashworthiness",
year="2008",
author="Sekine, Yasufumi and Takahashi, K. and Hayamizu, H. and Kawamoto, D. and Nakagawa, D.",
volume="13",
number="5",
pages="551-558",
abstract="The authors point out that the rate of fatalities for occupants of sedans is higher than that for occupants of sports-utility vehicles (SUVs) for collisions between vehicles of equal weight from the analysis of traffic accident data in Japan. Precise 1:10 scale model vehicles are used for crash test experiments. In the case of a collision with a flat barrier, the compartment force of the sedan is mainly supported by lower structures. Conversely, for collisions with an SUV-type barrier, the compartment force of the sedan is supported by the door-beltline structures. New diagrams are proposed to indicate these differences in compartment force. It can be concluded that the results of the above-mentioned traffic accident data are attributed to the input force transferred the path along the door-beltline in the passenger compartment.<p />",
language="",
issn="1358-8265",
doi="10.1080/13588260802267453",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13588260802267453"
}