Experimental study of tenability during a full‐scale motorcoach tire fire
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DOI: 10.1002/fam.2676
Abstract: Fire and Materials. 2019;43:131–143. Summary Full‐scale fire experiments were conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to investigate tire fire interactions with the passenger compartment of a motorcoach. A single full‐scale experiment… read more here.
Keywords: passenger compartment; full scale; fire; tire fire ... See more keywords
Proposal of a calculation method to determine the structural components' contribution on the deceleration of a passenger compartment based on the energy-derivative method
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DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2017.1296957
Abstract: ABSTRACT Objective: In car crashes, the passenger compartment deceleration significantly influences the occupant loading. Hence, it is important to consider how each structural component deforms in order to control the passenger compartment deceleration. In frontal… read more here.
Keywords: passenger compartment; contribution; energy; deceleration ... See more keywords