COMPACT Crash compatibility between passenger cars and trucks
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Volvo Technology AB - M1.6 |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 500 000 |
| Project duration | September 2012 - June 2014 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Traffic safety and automated vehicles -FFI |
| End-of-project report | 2012-01677eng.pdf (pdf, 99 kB) |
Purpose and goal
The objectives of this project has been to develop methods and knowledge to further develop the protection for passenger cars in frontal accidents with trucks and at the same time acquire greater expertise concerning desirable structural behaviour of passenger car and how to evaluate the car in frontal collisions with heavy trucks.
Results and expected effects
The work has advanced the understanding of head-on collisions between cars and trucks with the intent on global properties of both the passenger car and the truck. This has generated skills which promotes the FFI program´s overall goal that Swedish-made heavy vehicles should be able to retain its position as one of the safest on the market. Moreover, this is a very important contribution to the goal of contributing to a continued competitive automotive industry in Sweden.
Approach and implementation
The work within the project have been using ´state-of-the-art´ simulation models where a number of wagon parameters could be varied in a controlled manner and studied for different types of load cases, such as a car overlap, collision angle and so on. The project has been able to draw conclusions about how different vehicle parameters may be affected depending on the load case based on the parameter study.