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Exponent's TEC can easily conduct full-scale crash tests at
a rate of about 25 per month. Some of these tests are conducted
in accordance with the established FMVSS procedures such as
208, 214, or 301, which define not only the vehicle impact mode,
but also detail specific requirements concerning instrumentation
(transducer selection, orientation, calibration, filtering,
etc.), camera coverage, and dummy
certification and positioning. Others are conducted to support
manufacturers' research and development efforts. All of our
tests follow the SAE J211 guidelines which are required by the
federal government for conducting and documenting safety compliance
tests.
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majority of the tests conducted at the TEC are one of a kind
in terms of vehicle impact mode. We have reproduced accident
scene features such as ditches, poles, trees, walls, guardrails,
and ramps. We have crashed motorcycles into trucks, cars into
cars, and even semi-tractors into cars or our fixed barrier.
We also conduct rollover tests
and impacts of two moving vehicles at nearly any relative
angle and speed.
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