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tommyvw
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Hi everyone
I am working on a group project for my final year at university to develop the interior of a light sports car re. safety and ergonomics. We are a little lost at the moment since we lack specialist knowledge about these subjects, so I thought I'd try a post here to see if I get any response!
I know this doesn't directly concern child safety, but if I could have any feedback on any of the below questions it would help us out very much!!
(we should be working with European regulations but consideration of American ones is ok too)
1. Is there an optimum steering wheel angle which is better from a safety point of view?
2. Do any safety regulations concern the position of the gearshift lever and handbrake?
3. I understand that a small, light car will inherently have compatibility problems (mass, stiffness, structure, geometry). But I guess that there are no techniques used to partly solve this problem…?
4. I would imagine that the monocoque of a small 2-door car would be stiffer than other body types; that the car would rather move than deform when impacted. Is this a fair assumption?
5. We are working with a front-engined and RWD sports car whose seats are set very low. Can you speculate whether the presence of a relatively high tunnel in the centre of a light small car would be so harmful to side-impact that certain considerations are needed to its structure (not just some padding)?
Thank you so much for any help!!!
Tomi
I am working on a group project for my final year at university to develop the interior of a light sports car re. safety and ergonomics. We are a little lost at the moment since we lack specialist knowledge about these subjects, so I thought I'd try a post here to see if I get any response!
I know this doesn't directly concern child safety, but if I could have any feedback on any of the below questions it would help us out very much!!
(we should be working with European regulations but consideration of American ones is ok too)1. Is there an optimum steering wheel angle which is better from a safety point of view?
2. Do any safety regulations concern the position of the gearshift lever and handbrake?
3. I understand that a small, light car will inherently have compatibility problems (mass, stiffness, structure, geometry). But I guess that there are no techniques used to partly solve this problem…?
4. I would imagine that the monocoque of a small 2-door car would be stiffer than other body types; that the car would rather move than deform when impacted. Is this a fair assumption?
5. We are working with a front-engined and RWD sports car whose seats are set very low. Can you speculate whether the presence of a relatively high tunnel in the centre of a light small car would be so harmful to side-impact that certain considerations are needed to its structure (not just some padding)?
Thank you so much for any help!!!
Tomi
