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Test Sled Fleed
Mobile Barrier Vehicle Substitute System High Speed -/ Deceleration Test Sled 4-t Sled Pole Sled CS300
Mobile Barrier
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Applications
- Usable as mobile barrier (MB) or as mobile deformed barrier (MDB)
- sled tests with bumper systems
- Sled for RCAR Structure rear tests (AZT rear tests)
- Side Impact according to: EuroNCAP Side Impact / IIHS Side Impact / ECE-R95
- Rear Impact according to: FMVSS 301
Technical Data
- Hydraulic brake system at all four wheels/ Activated per radio or automatically
- Extra weight above the axes to idealise the weight distribution
- Individually settings of centre of gravity
- Flexible settings of different deformation elements and impactors
- Flexible carrier system for camera and data aquisition
- Digital model to simulate crash tests and to validate simulations
- Length: 3400 mm (without deformation element)
Width: 1726 mm
Height: 825 mm (without camera/data aquisition) - Shield: 650 mm x 1700 mm [30 mm aluminium plate]
- Frame width: 1060 mm
Frame height: 530 mm - Track: 1500 mm (185/65 R15, ET35, 6Jx15H)
Wheelbase: 2500 mm - Weight: 745 kg – 3100 kg (Ballast plates)
Vehicle Substitute System
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Applications
- Sled tests with bumper systems
- RCAR Structure/Bumper front/rear
Technical Data
- Measurement of the forces in the longitudinal beam behind the crashboxes (3-axial), even with four load paths
- Variable adjustable track width, wheelbase, centre of gravity, mass moment of inertia and overhang
- Flexible settings of different deformation elements and impactors
- Digital model to simulate crash tests and to validate simulations
- Length : 2070 mm – 4140 mm (variable, without load cells)
Width : 1540 mm (total)
Height : 685 mm (without extra weight) - Shield : 420 mm x 1500 mm
- Frame width : 1000 mm
- Track : 1300 mm – 1730 mm (Wheel 195/50 R15, ET34, 5,5Jx15JH2)
Wheelbase : 1600 mm – 3700 mm (variable) - Weight : 730 kg – 3200 kg (variable)
High Speed -/ Deceleration Test Sled
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Applications
- High speed sled tests
- Either crash tests at samples or deceleration tests with help of a deceleration device
- Tests according to ECE-R 17
Technical Data
- Flexible sample application
- Two different lengths/wheelbases
- For choice: vehicle wheels or heavy-duty caster
- Digital model to simulate crash tests and to validate simulations
- Length: 2010 mm (short) or 3300 mm (long) (without prong)
Width: 1800 mm (total)
Height: 510 mm (without extra weight / wheel diameter)
Prongs length: 1500 mm - Frame width: 1450 mm
- Track: 1670 mm (front) / 1610 mm (rear)
Wheelbase : 1375 mm (short) or 2670 mm (long) - Weight : ca. 450 kg (short) / 725 kg (long) (gross weight) up to 3000 kg (with heavy-duty casters)
Deceleration device mandrel weight: 155 kg
4-t Sleds
Applications
- Sled tests with train crashbox
Technical Data
- Digital model to simulate crash tests and to validate simulations
- Length: 3000 mm
Width: 2400 mm
Height: 800 mm - Frame width: 1150 mm
- Track: 2150 mm
- Weight: approx. 4000 kg
Pole Sled
Applications
- Pole impact according to EuroNCAP/ANCAP, GTR 14, UN R135
- Misuse Tests (Curb impact)
Technical Data
- Coated with Teflon (to minimize friction) or with friction linings
- Deceleration with deformation elements (thin-wall tubes)
- Length: 3700 mm
Width: 3605 mm
Height: 300 mm - heavy-duty casters
- Track: 2300 mm
Wheelbase: 2300 mm - Weight: 2036 kg
- Wheelbase of test vehicle: 1500 mm up to 3400 mm (90º impact angle)
CS300
Applications
- Conducting of high speed crash tests with crash management systems
- Extension/upgrade of drop tower in terms of impact energy/velocity or impactor area/size
- Usable as mobile barrier and sled
Technical Data
- Weight min: 260 kg with flat impactor and car tires, 300kg with flat impactor and heavy-duty caster
- Weight max: 1500 kg
- Either car tires or heavy-duty caster with locking to track (prevention of degrees of freedom in y- and z-direction)
- Flexible settings of different impactors
Contact
Thomas Lennartz M.Sc.
Head of Vehicle Concepts & HMI
+49 241 80-25687
Email
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Address
Institute for Automotive Engineering
RWTH Aachen University
Steinbachstraße 7
52074 Aachen · Germany