Crash test
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Destructive testing
In destructive testing, tests are carried out to the specimen's failure, in order to understand a specimen's structural performance or material behaviour under different loads...
usually performed in order to ensure safe design standards in crashworthiness
Crashworthiness
Crashworthiness is the ability of a structure to protect its occupants during an impact. This is commonly tested when investigating the safety of aircraft and vehicles. Depending on the nature of the impact and the vehicle involved, different criteria are used to determine the crashworthiness of...
and crash compatibility for various modes of transportation or related systems and components.
- Frontal-impact tests: which is what most people initially think of when asked about a crash test. These are usually impacts upon a solid concreteConcreteConcrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
wall at a specified speed, but can also be vehicle-vehicle tests.
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