Frontal Offset Barriers
Frontal Offset Barriers
Frontal Offset Barriers
Frontal Offset tests are carried out by a large number of test houses worldwide, according to the European regulation and to FMVSS, as well as by EuroNCAP, Australian NCAP, JNCAP and IIHS.
In an offset test, only one side of a vehicles front end hits the deformable barrier, which means that a more concentrated area of the vehicles structure must sustain the impact of the crash rather than the whole width of the vehicle.
This means that the front end on the struck side being crushed more than in a full-width test and subsequent intrusion into the occupant compartment is more likely. The bottom line is that full-width tests are especially demanding of restraints but less demanding of structure, while the reverse is true in offsets. The barriers deformable face is made of aluminium honeycomb, which makes the forces in the test similar to those involved in a frontal offset crash between two vehicles of the same weight.
EEVC Frontal Offset Barrier
- ECE R94 and Directive 96/79/EC
- Specification developed by EEVC working group 11
- Used by Euro NCAP and IIHS
- Used by leading car manufacturers world-wide
- Packing dimensions: 1070 x 900 x 605 mm
- Net weight/barrier: 20 kg
- Gross weight/packed barrier: 28 kg
Full-Width Deformable Barrier for Compatibility Testing
- Developed by TRL as part of VC-Compat
- Evaluated by authorities and car manufacturers worldwide
- Available in 2000x750mm and 2000x1000mm size.
PDB for compatibility testing
- Progressive Deformable Barrier for 50% frontal offset test
- Developed by Renault/UTAC
- O/D 1000x700mm, consisting of two honeycomb layers
- Progressive characteristics achieved by chemical milling
ADAC Compatibility Barrier
- Developed by Cellbond on behalf of ADAC e.V.
- O/D 1000x700mm, consisting of three honeycomb layers
- Designed to avoid bottoming out seen in the EEVC Frontal Offset Barrier
Customised barriers and development on request.
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