DEVELOPMENT OF NEW UNDERRIDE GUARDS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN TRUCKS AND CARS 2001-06-0062
As a consequence of the lack of effective rear underride guards attached to trucks, trailers and semi-trailers, rear underride crashes are responsible for thousands of deaths every year throughout the world. In an attempt to reverse this situation, cooperative work was started between a Brazilian university and local car and truck industries, whose main goals were to design, construct and test reliable underride guards and to present solutions to government authorities. To meet these goals, to date two new retractile underride guards have been designed and three crash tests carried out. Based on the results obtained so far, the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT) has elaborated a new Brazilian standard for rear underride guards.
Author(s):
José Ricardo Lenzi Mariolani, Antonio Celso Fonseca de Arruda, Luís Otto Faber Schmutzler
Affiliated:
State University of Campinas, Brazil
Pages: 10
Event:
International Technical Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles
Related Topics:
Underride guards
Impact tests
Trucks
Trailers
Fabrication
Education and training
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