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Repeatability of Full-Scale Crash Tests and Criteria for Validating Simulation Results

Malcolm H. RayView all authors and affiliations
Volume 1528, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198196152800117

Abstract

A method of comparing two acceleration time histories to determine whether they describe similar physical events is described. The method can be used to assess the repeatability of full-scale crash tests and it can also be used as a criterion for assessing how well a finite-element analysis of a collision event simulates a corresponding full-scale crash test. The method is used to compare a series of six identical crash tests and then is used to compare several finite-element analyses with full-scale crash test results.

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Volume 1528, Issue 1
Pages: 155 - 160
Article first published: January 1996
Issue published: January 1996

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Malcolm H. Ray
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, 1153 Engineering Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1527.
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