Body integrity is crucial to occupant safety. While current industry standards call for static load tests and static pull tests, dynamic impact and sled testing is the only way to put the modular structure to the test.
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) corner impact test pictured on this page verifies the integrity of patient area by striking the roof edge with a computer-controlled sled, whose speed, weight, and ultimately, force of impact, are all measurable and controlled.
During the set up for the ASE corner impact test, one of the instrumented test dummy and internal high speed cameras are visible.
