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

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
(F_x=400 kN, F_y=400 kN, F_z=1000 kN, M_x=40 kNm, M_y=40 kNm, M_z=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.

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

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