- Automatic Vehicle Controllers:
specified, designed, fabricated, installed and used by DRI on a variety
of vehicles for handling, maneuvering, stability, and braking tests. This
includes AVC's for automobiles, pickup trucks, SUVs, all terrain vehicles,
and motorcycles.
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- Driving Simulators: interactive,
driver-in-the-loop, large display driving simulators, useful to support
vehicle and component development, and for studies of driver behavior
and the effect of roadway parameters. These include a research grade moving-base
driving simulator and a fixed-base driving simulator. The DRI Moving Base
Driving Simulator is one of only a few int he world in its class.
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- Impact Test Lab: including
6 meter monorail helmet impactor for helmet R&D, quality control,
or accident reconstruction studies; guided drop assembly capable of measuring
both linear and angular head accelerations; Part 572 head-neck pendulum;
6 meter twin rail drop impactor; and other pendulums and impactors. Extensive
instrumentation and data acquisition capabilities, high speed camera,
data reduction, analysis and documentation support.
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- Mobile Tire Tester: an
over-the-road test system used to measure tire forces and moments (in
6 degrees of freedom) under realistic operating conditions of vertical
load, slip angle, camber angle, and slip ratio.
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- Specialized Crash Test Dummies:
various Hybrid and ISO dummy configurations, with internal data acquisition
for special studies, some with breakable instrumented bones and other
enhanced biofidelity features.
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