Generic vehicle model N2A & N3D
For managing this risk of terrorist attacks by vehicle ramming, as a part of the European Commission support to the EU Member States, the JRC is developing guidance material and tools supporting informed decision-making by urban authorities and other local stakeholders, within the project portfolio “SMART-PROTECT” and in a close cooperation with the “Directorate General HOME”.
In this report, we present a generic vehicle model representing the standard categories N2A to N3D (7t to 12t middle sized trucks), which will be disseminated publicly and is intended for use by different stakeholders for virtual testing of security barriers. The model is “generic”, because it is brand independent and can represent most of vehicles of the categories N2A and N3D for numerical simulations of a crash on a security barrier. It has been tested following the standard verification procedures for road safety barriers (CEN/TR 16303) and by comparison to available experimental data of a vehicle impacting a rigid bollard.
SEBIK Marek;
KODAJKOVA Zuzana;
2023-11-27
European Commission
JRC135531
978-92-68-09590-4 (online),
OP KJ-02-23-236-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC135531,
10.2760/968550 (online),
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