C. Albertini et al., PRECISION-MEASUREMENTS OF VEHICLE CRASHWORTHINESS BY MEANS OF A LARGEHOPKINSON BAR, Journal de physique. IV, 7(C3), 1997, pp. 79-84
The main results of two impact testing campaigns of automotive longitu
dinal beams in mild steel and aluminium performed by means of the larg
e Hopkinson bar of the Joint Research Centre Ispra site are reported.
The need of precision crash tests for the aim of calibration of indust
rial impact rigs and validation of FE code is discussed.