In essence, you can either absorb the risk or you can respond to it. An absorb strategy focuses on building a protective buffer into a supply chain. Think of this as the supply chain equivalent of the crumple zones on your cars.
Generally speaking, unibody vehicles tend to be safer than body-on-frame vehicles, simply because advanced safety systems and crumple zones are inherently more easily able to be integrated within their designs. Their center of gravity is also more easily lowered, preventing the potential for rollover...
What’s Your Damage? Structural damage can have a number of consequences, many unforeseen. Vehicles are built with “crumple zones” meant to absorb impact in the event of a crash. If a frame is damaged (by an accident or sometimes rust), it can potentially redirect that impact, posing a...
The updated test now includes a smaller dummy representing a smaller woman or a 12-year-old child in the back seat. The test simulates a head-on collision between two vehicles that weigh approximately the same amount. It’s designed to assess the front crumple zones and the effectiveness ...
For example, the 1953 Mercury Monterey had a rigid steering column and sharp levers on the heating system that could potentially impale a driver on impact.1As the government stepped in and started adding more modern safety requirements, such as seatbelts, airbags, and crumple zones, many of the...
“When a vehicle hits a moose, the bumper, engine, and built-in crumple zones of the car that are intended to absorb the majority of an impact only hit the thin legs,” explains the Wildlife Roadsharing Resource Centre (WRRC), a project under the Traffic Injury Research Foundation. “The...
Why are subduction zone earthquakes the biggest in the world? The main reason is the enormous size of the faults in subduction zones, according toUSGS. The greater the area colliding, the more energy is stored up and released in the process. "Subduction zones are huge boundaries, so they ge...
Crossovers and SUVs are known to provide exceptional safety, both on- and off-road. In addition to a host of standard safety features, all Mitsubishi crossovers have built-in crumple zones that help route and absorb energy in the event of a high-impact collision. This RISE body construction...
Front and rear underrun helps prevent more serious injuries in nose-to-tail incidents. A typical trailer or truck has its structure higher off the ground than is optimal for a car’s crash protection systems (i.e. crumple zones); a car will hit it with the bonnet, the suspension is comp...