System for investigating collisions between test body and physical structure

Abstract

A device for investigating a collision between a test body and a physical structure, wherein the device comprises a mounting unit for mounting the test body, an electric drive unit adapted for mechanically driving the mounting unit and the test body mounted thereon, and a control unit adapted for controlling the electric drive unit to accelerate the test body mounted on the mounting unit and for controlling release of the test body from the mounting unit to direct the accelerated test body towards the physical structure for collision, wherein the device is adapted so that the mounting unit and the test body mounted thereon are mechanically driven exclusively by the electric drive unit.

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technical field [0001] This application claims the benefit of the filing date of European Patent Application No. 08002954.9, filed February 18, 2008, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. [0002] The invention relates to a device for studying collisions between a test body and a physical structure. [0003] Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for investigating collisions between a test body and a physical structure. [0004] Furthermore, the invention relates to a program element. [0005] Furthermore, the present invention relates to a computer readable medium. Background technique [0006] Physical testing for simulating collisions between a vehicle and a pedestrian or between a vehicle and an occupant is a powerful tool for developing improvements to technical devices and can be helpful in product development and failure analysis. [0007] There are various laws and industry regulations that need to be fulfilled in order to approve ve...

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[0010] However, conventional crash testing systems can be imprecise, time consuming or inconvenient to use

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