LIER laboratory breaks through 1,000th crash test barrier

The LIER testing laboratory of France, a specialist in the assessment of road safety equipment, has just conducted its thousandth crash test. LIER has become one of the leading test centres in Europe since it was set up in 1993, specialising in particular in the testing of safety barriers by means of vehicle crash tests, in compliance with the European Union standard EN 1317.

[ClickPress, Fri Apr 07 2006] LIER, which is already well known for its experimental research, is now developing partnerships with its customers’ own research and development departments in order to improve and diversify the services it provides. Among its most recent projects, the LIER laboratory has worked on the instrumentation of safety barriers by equipping them with measuring gauges; the use of extra high-speed digital cameras during tests to analyse in detail the dynamic behaviour of the devices; and the provision of interactive test reports in DVD format accompanied by analysis resources such as the parallel monitoring of measuring films and curves.

In addition to its research activity, LIER is also expanding into analyses using digital simulation tools. LIER is in a privileged position as its customers are able to take advantage of digital models (with finite elements) validated on the tests performed. These simulations will help the laboratory's clients to assess the behaviour of either modified products or products used in configurations different to those in place when the reference tests were conducted.

About LIER

Created in 1993 on the initiative of the INRETS (Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité – National Institute for Transport and Transport-Related Safety) and French industrialists involved in manufacturing road-safety devices, LIER (INRETS Road Equipment Test Laboratory,) has the legal status of a private limited-liability company. LIER implements test methods and tests that comply with French and European Union standards, and is completely independent.

Located in France, within the bounds of Saint Exupéry International Airport in Lyons, the LIER test centre is equipped with full-scale test zones. In addition to the services it provides to French industrial customers, LIER carries out three quarters of its business activity with other European countries.

For further information, please go to: www.lier.fr