Generic Vehicle Models

Purpose

• Created for numerical impact simulations against vehicle security barriers
• Particularly adapted for:
  • Virtual testing of different scenarios (e.g. different impact angles and velocities)
  • Sensitivity analyses with respect to vehicle properties: mass distributions, dimensions, aging effects, etc.

Main characteristics

• Representative of a given category (N1, N2 or N3)
• Brand independent - based on common characteristics
• Simple - includes only crash relevant vehicle components
• Computationally efficient - requires relatively little computational resources
• Adjustable parameters: dimensions, mass, crash-related stiffness

Validation

• Compliant with standards CEN/TR 16303 and ISO 22343
• Validated against crash experiments

N1 Vehicle Model

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N2A/N3D Vehicle Model

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Our Generic vehicle models are put at disposal for download under the European Union Public Licence (EUPL). Find out more about EUPL.

Working group ‘Numerical simulation for hostile vehicle mitigation’

JRC is collaborating with stakeholders from academia, industry and public administrations to come up with generic numerical vehicle models for the performance assessment of vehicle security barriers. The group is open to new participants. If you are interested to participate in the working group, please send an email to: (jrc-public-spaces@ec.europa.eu).