VEHICLE DESIGN WITH SAFETY IN MIND: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE VOLVO EXPERIENCE

This brief article serves as an introduction to this issue of the International Journal of Vehicle Design. Following comments on Volvo's status as of 1981, mention is made of the various topics covered by papers in this issue. Among these topics are safety design philosophy, ejection problems, simulation of crash dummy behavior, a dynamic test method for front structures, a method of five testing cars, vehicle dynamics, human factors, safety devices, vehicle reliability, and fuel efficiency.