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Status of Research Work of EEVC WG 15 Compatibility Between Cars Eberhard Faerber on behalf of EEVC WG 15 38th WP.29/GRSP Geneva, 06 - 09 December 2005 38th GRSP, Dec. 06 - 09, 2005 EEVC WG 15, Compatibility Between Cars Slide Nr. 1


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Status of Research Work of EEVC WG 15

„Compatibility Between Cars“

Eberhard Faerber on behalf

  • f EEVC WG 15

38th WP.29/GRSP Geneva, 06 - 09 December 2005

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The Terms of Reference of EEVC WG 15 are to develop a test procedure to assess car frontal impact compatibility and establish criteria to rate frontal impact compatibility. The Working Group will report its findings and will propose a test procedure in November 2006.

The full version of the terms of reference can be found

  • n the Web-site of EEVC WG 15

Terms of Reference

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Actual membership of EEVC WG 15:

Member Industry advisor

Eberhard Faerber, BAST (chairman)

  • Dr. Robert Zobel/VW

Tiphaine Martin, UTAC (secretary) Richard Zeituni/PSA Peugeot Citroen Pascal Delannoy/UTAC (substitute) Giancarlo Della Valle/Elasis Federico Pasqui/Fiat Jaoquim Huguet/IDIADA Cor van der Zweep/TNO

  • Dr. Mervin Edwards/TRL

Martin Harvey/Jaguar Robert Thomson/Chalmers University Anders Kling/Volvo

Observer

None (invited David L. Smith/NHTSA)

Membership

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Current Main topic at the moment: Give advice to and guide the VC COMPAT project commenced in March 2003 for a period of 3,5 years. The project is funded by the EU-Commission. Objective of the VC COMPAT Project: To draft legal test procedures to assess

  • car to car crash compatibility
  • (EEVC WG 14: car to truck Compatibility)

Workplan

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Workplan

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Status December 2005:

  • WP 1: Structure analysis (UTAC) completed
  • WP 2: Accident Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis (BASt, TRL)
  • Accident Analysis, Benefit Analysis (TRL, BASt) completed
  • Cost Analysis (Fiat) to be done
  • WP 3: Crash Testing Test Programme (BAST, Fiat, TRL, UTAC)

completed

  • WP 4: Fleet Modelling (TNO) drafted
  • WP 5: Synthesis (TRL, all) to be done 01/2006 to 09/2006

Workplan

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OBJECTIVES:

The objective of WP1 is to measure and create a database containing dimensions of the main car and truck/trailer structures that are involved in front and side collisions This database will be used to study current car-to-car and car-to-truck geometric incompatibility.

Structure Analysis

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% name n° % name n° % name n° % name n° % name n° % name n° % name n° % name n° % name n° % name n° 55 54 36 35 34 53 52 51 50 49 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 48 47 46 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 45 44 43 42 41 40 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 39 38 37 5 4 3 2 1 0.32 Renault Trafic 0.19 Honda CRV 0.16 Citroën C8 0.67 Opel Meriva 0.09 BMW 7series 0.84 Ford Transit 0.28 Nissan Xtrail 0.39 Renault Espace 1.94 Citroën Picasso 0.11 Mercedes S class 0.27 Freelander 0.27 VW Sharan 1.38 Opel Zafira 0.02 VW Phaeton 0.11 Volvo XC90 1.86 Renault Scenic 0.08 Range Rover 0.0004 VW Touran 1.05 Renault Kangoo 1.61 Audi A4 3.61 VW Golf 1.14 Seat Ibiza 1.62 VW Passat 1.99 BMW 3 series 2.5 Ford Fiesta 1.08 Opel Vectra 2.81 Peugeot 307 2.12 VW Polo 1.32 Toyota Yaris 1.13 Renault Laguna 1.86 Renault Megane 3.53 Peugeot 206 0.44 Citroën Saxo 0.24 Rover 75 0.81 Audi A3 2.32 Fiat Punto 1.18 Mercedes Eclass Saturn Ion 0.13 PT Cruiser 1.85 Citroën C3 0,21 Citroën C2 0.08 Renault Velsatis 1.22 Ford Mondeo 2.83 Ford Focus 2.6 Opel Corsa 0.7 Renault Twingo 0.09 Volvo S80 0.57 Mazda 6 2.16 Opel Astra 3.11 Renault Clio 0.07 Smart 0.62 Citroën C5 1.36 Mercedes Cclass 0.9 Mercedes Aclass

LCV D/E segment

0.96

4WD MPV Small MPV F segment

Fiat Stilo

D segment C segment B segment A segment

55 vehicles measured: representative of 61% of European sales in 2003

CAR SELECTION:

Structure Analysis

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Min Max Mean Height Weighted mean height Weighted mean delta

63 98 99 40

352 337 133 635 636 1058 464 336 250 614 121 336 292 267 762 471 472 205 284 195 254 728 467 469 200 400 600 800 1000 Crossbeam Low er rails Upper rails Floor sills Subframe Front tires Height from ground

Part 581 : 406 – 508 mm FUP (laden): 306 – 441 mm

Structure Analysis

SYNTHESIS:

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CONCLUSIONS:

  • The purpose of this WP1 is to give information about the main car

structures that are involved in front and side collisions

  • (Structure Data were used to select car models to be tested)
  • 55 vehicles were measured in this survey
  • Data representative from 61% of the European sales in 2003
  • The investigation area of frontal structure interaction may be

positioned at 180 mm from the ground to 650 mm.

Structure Analysis

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Benefit Analysis

Benefit Analysis to be carried out by TRL and BASt Database

  • UK: CCIS

UK in-depth Co-operative Crash Injury Study detailed and accurate information, including AIS codes crashes from June 1998 – present

  • UK: STATS19

UK national accident database includes all injury accidents that are reported by or to the police broad in scope, limited detail

  • Germany: GIDAS

German in Depth Accident Study representative for Germany

  • Germany: German national traffic accident data

similar to UK data

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Benefit Analysis

Databases for UK and Germany are different:

UK:

  • tow away accidents
  • more severe accidents
  • mostly retrospective analysis

Germany:

  • analysis on the spot
  • representative for Germany

Consequences:

  • UK data contains more severe accidents
  • German data contains only few very severe accidents
  • different approaches
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  • Definition

– Casualties likely to experience reduced risk of injury as a result of improved compatibility

  • Methodology

– Select accidents where improved compatibility likely to help injury outcome – Count front seat occupant casualties

  • Target population estimate

– 20% (343) to 31% (543) fatally injured car occupants – 41% (8,130) and 52% (10,504) seriously injured car occupants

Impact location frontal frontal Seat belt usage

  • nly belted occupants
  • nly belted occupants

Occupant position

  • nly frontal occupants
  • nly frontal ocupants

Overlap > 30 % > 20 % PDOF 11..1 o'clock 10..2 o'clock Selection Criterion Lower Estimate Upper Estimate all accidents up to 48 km/h all accidents up to 56 km/h ETS

Benefit Analysis Target Population for GB

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Benefit Methodology - assumptions for GB

Aim of compatibility – Predictable performance to absorb impact energy in frontal structure – Little compartment intrusion – Optimum deceleration pulse Assumptions

  • Pessimistic (lower)

– Eliminate injuries caused by contact with an intruding front interior structure if ETS < 56 km/h

  • Optimistic (upper)

– Eliminate injuries caused by contact with the front interior (with or without intrusion) if ETS < 56 km/h

Benefit Analysis

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Benefit Analysis

Results - Estimated Proportional Benefit for GB

  • Pessimistic (lower)

– Save 12% of fatalities & 9% of seriously injured casualties

  • Optimistic (upper)

– Save 25% of fatalities & 18% of seriously injured casualties

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Benefit Analysis

  • STATS19 (1999 - 2003) - adjust to remove cars registered before 1996

– Occupants in frontal impacts seated in front of car

  • 898 killed on average per year
  • 10,056 seriously injured on average per year
  • Pessimistic Estimate (Preventing Intrusion Injuries)
  • Save 108 fatalities per year
  • Save 905 serious casualties per year
  • Optimistic Estimate (Preventing Contact Injuries)
  • Save 225 fatalities per year
  • Save 1,810 serious casualties per year

Results – Estimated Benefit for GB

Full paper: medwards@trl.co.uk

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Flowchart of the analysis

Accident Data

(National,GIDAS- Data)

Target Population

  • Inj. Risk

Analysis I Risk Reduction => BENEFIT

  • Inj. Risk

Analysis II Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Which accidents can be adressed ? What is the exact effect of improved compatibility and what effect will this have on the injury risk?

Benefit Analysis

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Fatal car occupants in 2003 45% 24% 0% 15% 1% 15% Seriously injured car occupants in 2003 37% 40% 1% 8% 1% 13% Single Car Car to Car Car to Motorbike Car to Truck Car to others Car to more than 2 other road users

STEP 1: Estimation of Target Population Target Population

Compatibility can address 84% of all fatal and 85% of all serious accidents Assumption: Compatibility improves

  • Single Car
  • Car to Car
  • Car to Truck

No improvement in multiple vehicle collisions

Benefit Analysis

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STEP 1: Estimation of Target Population

Total 24% 15% 45% 84% 40% 8% 37% 85% 60% 58% 51%

  • 68%

50% 20%

  • Fatalities

9% 4% 5% 18% Serious Inj. 16% 2% 4% 22% Proportion of serious Occ. Share of frontal impacts Compatibility Relevant Accidents TARGET P. Car to Car Category Car to Truck Category Single Car Category Proportion of fatal Occ.

Target Population

Target Population = „Proportion“ x „Share of frontal impacts“ x „Relevant Accidents“

Benefit Analysis

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STEP 2: Injury Risk Curves (Binary Data)

  • Inj. Risk

Analysis I

Predictor : EES / kph Probability: “serious or fatal occupant”

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Probability for fatal or serious accident Probability for non fatal or serious accident

Occupants are most likely to be seriously or fatally injured Occupants are most likely to be not seriously and not fatally injured θ = 43kph

Benefit Analysis

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STEP 2: Compatibility effect on injury risk

ECE R.94, Euro NCAP:

Assumption: Offset block fully compatible Vehicle: 1500kg, ∆v = 64km/h, 5 stars Ekin = 240kJ, Edef. Elem.= 35kJ, EVehicle R94 = 205kJ

Car to Car Impact:

Assumption: Start of compartment collapse at 50 - 56km/h Vehicle = 1500kg, ∆v = 53km/h, EVehicle c2c = 160kJ Cars can absorb more energy showing similar deformation depth

  • ∆E = 45kJ or
  • ∆E/E = 28% higher energy-absorption!
  • Inj. Risk

Analysis II

Benefit Analysis

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STEP 2: Injury Risk Estimation

  • Inj. Risk

Analysis II

Old and New Risk Curves for Frontal Passengers 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 EES / kph Probability

  • ld risk curve

new risk curve

Old and New Risk Curves for Frontal Passengers 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 EES / kph Probability

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new risk curve

Old and New Risk Curves for Frontal Passengers 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 EES / kph Probability

  • ld risk curve

new risk curve

Old and New Risk Curves for Frontal Passengers 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 EES / kph Probability

  • ld risk curve

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Old and New Risk Curves for Frontal Passengers 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 EES / kph Probability

  • ld risk curve

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Old and New Risk Curves for Frontal Passengers 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 EES / kph Probability

  • ld risk curve

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Old and New Risk Curves for Frontal Passengers 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 EES / kph Probability

  • ld risk curve

new risk curve

Old and New Risk Curves for Frontal Passengers 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 EES / kph Probability

  • ld risk curve

new risk curve

∆ EES

Benefit Analysis

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STEP 3: BENEFIT Estimation

Risk Reduction => BENEFIT

Proportion of Old Risk Curve New Risk Curve CHANGE Fatalities 0,81% 0,45% 45% Seriously Inj. 13,77% 11,21% 19% Slightly Inj. 43,40% 43,81%

  • 1%

Uninjured 42,00% 44,52%

  • 6%

Total Fatal Occ. 9% 4% 5% 18% Serious Occ. 16% 2% 4% 22% Fatal Occ. 45% 45% 45%

  • Serious Occ.

19% 19% 19%

  • Fatal Occ.

4% 2% 2% 8% Serious Occ. 3% 0,5% 0,7% 4,2% CHANGE BENEFIT Target P. Car to Car Category Car to Truck Category Single Car Category

Benefit Analysis

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Conclusion …

  • 4.2 % of all seriously injured car occupants will benefit from

compatible frontal car structures

  • Socio-Economic saves of 500 M€ per anno can be expected.
  • 8 % of all fatal car occupants will take advantage of

compatible frontal car structures

Benefit Analysis

(full paper: pastor@bast.de or faerber@bast.de)

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Two favourite test procedure candidates:

  • Full Width Test with high resolution load cell wall
  • Offset Deformable Barrier Test with progressive

deformable barrier and load cell wall

  • ther considered test procedures:
  • ODB with standard deformable barrier
  • Overload test
  • Offset mobile deformable barrier (OMDB)

Crash Test Programme

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Full Width Barrier With Deformable Element and Load Cell Wall

Crash Test Programme

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Pre and post test front view, Resultant barrier deformation

Full Width Test With Deformable Element

Crash Test Programme

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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Full Width Test With Deformable Element Maximum Force Distribution Behind Deformable Element

Crash Test Programme

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Full Width Barrier Evaluation

Crash Test Programme

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Full Width Barrier Evaluation

Under Revision Crash Test Programme

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PDB Approach PDB Approach

(Progressive Deformable Barrier) (Progressive Deformable Barrier)

Crash Test Programme

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PDB TEST PROCEDURE : CONFIGURATION

French proposal: update current R94 Frontal ODB test

3 parameters are changed:

  • OBSTACLE :

OBSTACLE : PDB Barrier PDB Barrier To avoid bottoming out, more stable

  • SPEED:

SPEED: 60 km/h 60 km/h to check compartment strength

  • OVERLAP:

OVERLAP: 50% 50% To check half width and be close to car to car test

More realistic test configuration

Crash Test Programme

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PDB TEST PROCEDURE : PDB BARRIER

1 3 4 5 6 2 1000 mm UPPER LOAD 240 LOWER LOAD 460

0,34 MPa 0,68 MPa 1,02 MPa Rear Part 100 mm Progressive Part 350 mm Front Block 250 mm 0,34 MPa 0,68 MPa 150 mm

PDB looks like a car

Crash Test Programme

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PDB TEST PROCEDURE: TOOLS AND MEASUREMENT

TOOLS MEASUREMENTS ASSESSMENTS (First step) STRUCTURAL INTERACTION FRONT END FORCE COMPARTMEN T STRENGHT

BARRIER VEHICLE DEFORMATION INTRUSIONS + DUMMY LC W

AHOD: Average Height of Deformation ? ADOD: Average Depth

  • f Deformation ?

Homogeneity ? Force level ? dummy criteria Intrusion level ? PDB TEST

FAMILY CAR 2 LHD - Total LCW force

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1

Displacement (m) Total force (kN)

FORCE DEFLECTION

Crash Test Programme

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PDB TEST PROCEDURE: CONCLUSIONS

Proposal: Replace the current barrier by PDB one to update R94 test protocol Influence on vehicle design

  • Harmonize severity for all mass range
  • improve self protection of light cars
  • limit increasing stiffness of heavy cars
  • improve partner protection of heavy cars

PDB Barrier is closer to new safety requirements and car design.

Crash Test Programme

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PDB and R.94 Barrier, Force-Deflection & Energy Absorption Capability

Crash Test Programme

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:

PDB Tests FWDB Tests Car to Car Tests Volvo XC90 Volvo XC90 Focus vs Focus Honda CRV Honda CRV Focus vs Astra Mercedes E-Class Mercedes E-Class MMC Smart Ford Focus (raised LCW) Golf V Golf V Golf V vs Golf V (60mm ride height diff.) Astra MY 04 Astra MY 04 Astra vs Astra (60 mm ride height diff.) Focus

st

Crash Test Programme

Crash Test Programme Phase 1 and 2

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Crash Test Programme

Crash Test Programme Phase 3 and 4

st

Decision Point 1 (16 crash test units remaining) Fiat To establish structural interaction performance of Panda and compartment strength Raised / lowered to give 60 mm ride height difference Closing Speed 112 km/h Panda Panda TRL Closing Speed 112 km/h Astra BASt Closing Speed 112 km/h Golf UTAC Test speed 60 km/h PDB Panda TRL Test speed 56 km/h FWDB Panda UTAC Closing Speed 112 km/h Astra ’04MY Panda BASt To investigate if performance

  • f small car is improved

against car with two load path levels (Panda 850 / A 1240(1.46) G 1200 (1.41)) Closing Speed 112 km/h Golf MkV Panda Investigate impacts with mass ratio difference (less than 2.0) BASt Frontal force level measurement, compartment intrusion measurements 64km/h ODB Astra ’04MY To date: 6 PDB, 7 FWDB, 4 CtC (21 of 43 units) TRL Demonstrate improved structural interaction of Golf due to Astra subframe load

  • path. (Golf cf lowered Golf)

Golf bumper crossbeam must be lower than Astra Requires similar frontal force level. Closing speed 112 km/h Golf MkV Astra ’04MY Test Lab Purpose Comment Car 2 / Barrier Car 1 VW Touareg VW Touareg

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Crash Test Programme Further Progress:

Both favourite test Procedures are under critical consideration and further development:

  • November 2005 :
  • Collating crash test data
  • Summary of crash test results
  • January 2006:
  • Finalising summary of crash test results
  • EEVC WG 15 establish conclusions
  • Commence of drafting the test procedure/

set of test procedures.

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Conclusions:

Both favourite test Procedures are under critical consideration and further development:

  • PDB:
  • deformation assessment
  • assessment criteria
  • Full Width:
  • deformable element stiffness
  • homogeneity criteria
  • definition of area to be assessed

Crash Test Programme

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Possible Sets of Legal Frontal Impact tests to Assess Compatibility

Set 3:

  • PDB Test Procedure replacing ECE R.94 (structure test)
  • Full Width Barrier Test with or without Deformable Front Face

Crash Test Programme

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Horizontal Geometrics

Note: to be completed

Illustration of Compatibility Problem

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Vertical Alignment Illustration of Compatibility Problem

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Photo Astra Illustration of Compatibility Problem

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Photo Touareg Illustration of Compatibility Problem