Relationship between frontal car-to-car test result and vehicle crash compatibility evaluation in mobile progressive deformable barrier test.

In 2020, the world's first crash compatibility rating test will be introduced in the European mobile progressive deformable barrier (MPDB) test. In this research, the quantitative change in partner protection performance of large vehicles in car-to-car (C2C) impacts was studied if these large vehicles were designed in future based on MPDB tests addressing crash compatibility ratings. Representative vehicles of the European fleet were selected and a Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) parameter study was conducted.