| Facility type: | Crash test of cars |
| Contact email: | jean-pierre.verriest@inrets.fr |
| Contact info: | User name: Jean Pierre Verriest Department name: LBMC laboratory ( Lyon-Bron) |
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Description
Short technical description: Large hydraulically driven catapult capable of propelling a vehicle of 1.5 tonnes at 120 kph over a launching distance of 65 m. The catapulted vehicle crashes into an impact wall , another vehicle or any other obstacle.
Keywords
vehicle crash test
Comment
Financing of these infrastructures is obtained through a mix between grants from the government, and from industrial and european projects