Crash Test Facility

Application

  • Full vehicle crash tests according to current standards (e. g. FMVSS 208, offset & pole impact)
  • Component and sled tests (e. g. AZT, IIHS, RCAR, ECE-R42 "Pendulum Tests")
  • Individual test configurations (e.g., curb impact, wall drive-up, and cable pull tests on trailer coupling systems)
  • Data evaluation and processing
  • Video data analysis: 2D point tracking of several markers (relative and absolute), synchronization of measurement and video data, iso-mme data expor
  • Customized test configurations

Technical Data

  • Runway: 50 m
  • Max. impact speed: 80 km/h
  • Max. sled mass: 4000 kg
  • 2 crash-resistant onboard measuring systems with 32 channels each (max. 100 kHz/channel)
  • Three-axis force measurement of max. 4 load paths and two additional 6-axis force transducers
    (Fx=400 kN, Fy=400 kN, Fz=1000 kN, Mx=40 kNm, My=40 kNm, Mz=20 kNm)
  • Film pit
  • Digital high-speed video cameras with up to 5000 fps
  • Variable trolleys with adjustable mass, centre of gravity, track width, wheel base and tyre dimensions
  • Distance measurements up to 800 mm with a sampling rate of 10 kHz.

360° view

Contact

Thomas Lennartz M.Sc.
Head of Vehicle Concepts & HMI
+49 241 80-25687
Email

Service

Cooperations

Address

Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika)
RWTH Aachen University
Steinbachstraße 7
52074 Aachen · Germany

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+49 241 80 25600