Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMICrash tests are complex and expensive: the aim is to generate as much high-quality data as possible from each individual experiment. The new X-ray crash test X-CC now makes it possible to take a look at the inner structures. It was developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI.
Safety-relevant components are not always visible from the outside during the crash test using conventional methods. As a result, important experimental findings about the underlying deformation processes are missing. In order to be able to analyze the safety-critical processes inside vehicle structures, the institute is combining its many years of expertise in short-term dynamics with X-ray diagnostics: X-ray images can now be taken at 1000 frames per second.