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25 Years Knowledge for tomorrow‘s Automotive Engineering

Founded on December 14, 1994, carhs celebrates its 25th anniversary. The second-generation family business can look back on an interesting and successful company history. carhs GmbH was founded in 1994 under the then name EASi Engineering GmbH as an engineering office for crash simulation.

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Researcher uses Computer Models to get Inside Heads of Traumatic Brain Injury Victims

article imageEach year about 3 million Americans suffer from traumatic brain injury – concussions and severe brain damage resulting from sporting activities, car crashes, falls, work-related accidents and explosions. These injuries can range from micro-concussions – small jolts to the head (usually involving sports) that can, when accumulated, cause brain dysfunction over time – to sudden, extreme impacts that result in debilitating injury or death.

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Millbrook expands Capability to include Euro NCAP MPDB Conformity of Production Test

article imageMillbrook can now deliver conformity of production tests to prove acceptability of Mobile Progressive Deformable Barriers (MPDB) for use in the new Euro NCAP 2020 moving car to moving mobile barrier test. The testing is performed at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire, UK.

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IIHS launches new Crash Tests in 2022

article imageThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced that it will revise both the barrier side impact and the offset frontal crash in 2022. The most serious changes will be in the side crash: Here the mass of the barrier car will increase to 1.9 tons and the speed will be increased to 60 kph. This corresponds to an increase in kinetic energy of 82.4 %.

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Royal Society recognizes UVA Auto Crash Finding as a "Statistic of the Year"

article imageThe Royal Statistical Society announced its “international statistics of the year.” Among the most notable is a University of Virginia finding that female car passengers wearing seatbelts have 73 % greater odds of being seriously injured in frontal crashes compared to belted men.

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Electronic Stability Control would prevent 190,000 Deaths and Serious Injuries in G20 Countries

article imageA new report commissioned by Bloomberg Philanthropies finds that 42,000 lives could be saved and 150,000 serious injuries prevented by 2030 if all new cars in seven G20 countries were required to be equipped with an inexpensive crash avoidance technology starting this year. This report was released alongside the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

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Euro NCAP’s Best of the Best of 2019

article imageEuro NCAP publishes its Best in Class for 2019. Fifty-five cars were assessed among which forty-one achieved the top accolade. This makes 2019 one of the most impressive years on record since Euro NCAP started to evaluate consumer safety of cars on the European market.

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Urgent Action needed to tackle Deaths of Pedestrians and Cyclists

article imageDeaths of cyclists in the EU have fallen eight times more slowly than deaths of motor vehicle occupants since 2010, according to the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), authors of a new report. ETSC is calling for urgent action to ensure that sustainable modes of transport such as walking and cycling, are made much safer.

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CTS: Cooperation with the Münster University Hospital

article imageOnce again a PRIMUS dummy was crashed as part of a customers request. In order to evaluate the damages of e.g. the ribs or vertetebral bodies, the dummy underwent a CT-scan. For this purpose, the CT-equipment at the Münster University Hospital (UKM) were made available.

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The Year 2019 in Numbers: Car Industry Fast-tracks Safety as new Regulation Looms

article imageEuro NCAP looks back at 2019, one of its busiest-ever years, and forward to the challenges that will come in the years ahead. Fifty-five cars were tested last year, representing 26 different makes of car. Such a high number means that nearly all cars (92 percent) sold in Europe last year carried a valid Euro NCAP rating, giving consumers valuable safety guidance on almost any model they are likely to consider buying. Only three percent of new cars sold have not been rated by Euro NCAP.

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MESSRING strengthens global Sales

article imageWith ISSOFT Co. (South Korea), MILEXIA ITALIA SpA (Italy) and NAC Image Technology, Inc. (Japan), the German crash and sled system expert welcomes three new sales partners to its international network. With this strategic enhancement in relevant markets, MESSRING sets the course for continued best customer service and business initiation around the globe.

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Seminars and Events

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carhs.training seminars and events for automotive safety.

All seminars are available as in-house trainings in both German and English!

Introduction to Passive Safety of Vehicles
19.02.2020 - 20.02.2020 in Alzenau
Ralf Reuter - carhs.training gmbh EUR 1590
NVH - Background, Practice and Simulation Methodology
27.02.2020 - 28.02.2020 in Alzenau
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Jennewein - Darmstadt UAS, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Zopp - RheinMain UAS EUR 1590
Static Vehicle Safety Tests in Automotive Development
02.03.2020 in Alzenau
Matthias Kunkel - ACTS GmbH & Co. KG EUR 790
NCAP - New Car Assessment Programs: Tests, Assessment Methods, Ratings
05.03.2020 - 06.03.2020 in Alzenau
Direktor & Professor Andre Seeck - BASt - Federal Highway Research Institute EUR 1340
Material Models of Composites for Crash Simulation
05.03.2020 in Alzenau
Prof. Dr. Thomas Karall - Hof University of Applied Sciences EUR 790
Development of Frontal Restraint Systems meeting Legal and Consumer Protection Requirements
05.03.2020 - 06.03.2020 in Gaimersheim
Kai Golowko - Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH EUR 1340
International Safety and Crash-Test Regulations: Current Status and Future Developments
09.03.2020 - 10.03.2020 in Alzenau
Dr. Thomas Kinsky - Humanetics Europe GmbH EUR 1340
Basics of Occupant Protection in Frontal Crashes: Mechanics, Energy Considerations, Protection Criteria and Application Examples
11.03.2020 - 12.03.2020 in Alzenau
Dr.-Ing. Burkhard Eickhoff, Autoliv B.V. & Co. KG EUR 1340
Introduction to the Python Programming Language
17.03.2020 - 18.03.2020 in Alzenau
Dr. André Backes - TECOSIM Technische Simulation GmbH EUR 1340
Euro NCAP - Compact
23.03.2020 in Alzenau
Ralf Reuter - carhs.training gmbh EUR 790

Please find the full list of seminars at our website.

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