Apparatus and method for side impact testing

摘要

The appts includes a pressure differential firing device terminating in a thrust surface, a sled carriage slidably mounted on first track device attached to a fixed foundation for free longitudinal movement of sled carriage along the track device, second track device fixedly mounted on the top horizontal surface of the sled carriage longitudinally between the leading edge and the trailing edge of the sled carriage, and ram device located on the horizontal surface of the sled carriage adjacent the trailing edge, which is accelerated by the thrust surface upon actuation of the firing device. The test dolly assembly has a frame structure member having a leading face and a trailing face. Impact block facing toward the trailing face of the frame structure is strikable by ram device for imparting longitudinal movement to the test dolly assembly along the second track device. A crash test member faces toward the leading face of the frame and adjacent on the side opposite the impact block, a seating device for seating an anthropomorphic test specimen. The test dolly assembly is essentially stationary on the second track device of the sled carriage due to inertia until the ram device on the sled carriage strikes the impact block of the test dolly assembly. The crash test member comprises a vehicle door.