SIDE CRASH TEST APPARATUS AND SIDE CRASH TEST CONDITION DETERMINATION METHOD FOR CENTER PILLAR OF AUTOMOBILE

摘要

A side crash test apparatus 1 according to the present invention uses a crash test structure 100 having a center pillar 101, a roof-rail simulated part 103, and a rocker simulated part 105 to perform a side crash test for the center pillar 101, and includes a rocker support 7 having a rocker-rotation braking mechanism 9 that supports each of a front end and a rear end of the rocker simulated part 105, restrains translation of the rocker simulated part 105, and supports the rocker simulated part 105 to be rotatable about an axis thereof and allow braking of the rotation, and the rocker-rotation braking mechanism 9 includes a rocker-rotation support member 19 that rotates together with the rocker simulated part 105, and a rocker-rotation braking plate 25 that brakes the rotation of the rocker-rotation support member 19.