Abstract: The invention relates to a method for conducting crash tests in which an object, in particular a motor vehicle or part of a motor vehicle, is typically mounted on a test slide which is accelerated, the acceleration force being generated by means of a pressurized-gas reservoir and specifically applied to the acceleration object via a piston and a push rod, while for reducing the cycle times, the desired gas pressure in the pressurized-gas reservoir is generated by moving a piston, itself exposed to a hydraulic fluid, so as to apply pressure on the gas. The invention also relates to a correspondingly implemented system.

Abstract: Method for conducting crash sled tests, in particular for simulating the impact of a motor vehicle on an obstacle, whereby the deceleration forces of a real collision are simulated by accelerating a crash sled in a manner corresponding to the real deceleration curve, and whereby, for an improved simulation of the movement of the test object upon impact, the pitching motion in a collision is additionally simulated by moving the test object in the vertical direction. Also, a device for applying said method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for conducting crash tests in which an object, in particular a motor vehicle or part of a motor vehicle, is typically mounted on a test slide which is accelerated, the acceleration force being generated by means of a pressurized-gas reservoir and specifically applied to the acceleration object via a piston and a push rod, while for reducing the cycle times, the desired gas pressure in the pressurized-gas reservoir is generated by moving a piston, itself exposed to a hydraulic fluid, so as to apply pressure on the gas. The invention also relates to a correspondingly implemented system.

Abstract: A method of conducting crash tests uses a crash-test carriage. The crash-test carriage is accelerated in accordance with a real deceleration curve to thereby simulate deceleration forces associated with a real collision, the crash-test carriage having a carriage drive apparatus associated therewith. The method includes the step of exerting an accelerating force on the crash-test carriage in an acceleration direction, the accelerating force exceeding a respective force required for acceleration in accordance with the real deceleration curve. The method also includes a step of exerting a braking force on the crash-test carriage in a direction opposite the acceleration direction in order to achieve a desired acceleration curve. The braking force is applied on one of the crash-test carriage and the carriage drive apparatus, the braking force being so large so as to accelerate the crash-test carriage in accordance with the desired acceleration curve.

Abstract: Flow accelerating with mixtures of organic ammonium salts composed of 20 to 80% of a quaternary ammonium salt of the formula ##STR1## 80 to 20% by weight of an amine salt of the formula ##STR2## where in both formulae R.sup.1 denotes C.sub.12 -C.sub.26 -alkyl, C.sub.12 -C.sub.26 -alkenyl, C.sub.12 -C.sub.26 -fluoroalkyl, C.sub.12 -C.sub.26 -fluoroalkenyl or a group of the formula ##STR3## R.sub.f --(CH.sub.2).sub.y B(CH.sub.2).sub.x --, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 denote C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, preferably methyl, R.sup.4 denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and, for the case where R.sup.1 =alkyl or alkenyl, also a group of the formula --(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.z H,R.sub.f denotes C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 -fluoroalkyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 -fluoroalkenyl,R.sup.

Abstract: Mixtures of organic ammonium salts composed of 20 to 80% of a quaternary ammonium salt of the formula ##STR1## and 80 to 20% by weight of an amine salt of the formula ##STR2## where in both formulae R.sup.1 denotes C.sub.12 -C.sub.26 -alkyl, C.sub.12 -C.sub.26 -alkenyl, C.sub.12 -C.sub.26 -fluoroalkyl, C.sub.12 -C.sub.26 -fluoroalkenyl or a group of the formula ##STR3## R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 denote C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, preferably methyl, R.sup.4 denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and, for the case where R.sup.1 =alkyl or alkenyl, also a group of the formula --(C.sub.2 H.sub.4 O).sub.z H,R.sub.f denotes C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 -fluoroalkyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.20 -fluoroalkenyl,R.sup.5 denotes hydrogen, methyl or ethyl,B denotes oxygen or sulfur,x denotes an integer from 2 to 6,y denotes 0, 1 or 2, andz denotes numbers from 1 to 4, and additionally 30-70 mole %, preferably 40-60 mole %, particularly preferably 50 mol %, of alkali-metal salicylate calculated on the basis of the total amount of .beta.

Abstract: Fatty acid esters of oxalkylated alkylalkylenediamines, which may be quaternized:Esters of oxalkylated alkylalkylenediamines, which may be quaternized, of the formula ##STR1## where the individual symbols have the meaning given in the description, process for their production and their use as corrosion inhibitors, particularly in crude oil recovery plants and crude oil treatment plants.

Abstract: The microbicidal agents consist esentially of 5 to 50% by weight of the salt of an alkyl-di-guanidine of the formula ##STR1## in which R' and R" denote hydrogen or C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 -alkyl, and R' and R" may not simultaneously be hydrogen, m denotes a number from 2 to 6 and n denotes 0 to 1, 5 to 50% by weight of a quaternary ammonium compound of the formula ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 denotes C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkenyl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 denote C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 -hydroxyalkyl and R.sup.4 denotes hydrogen or methyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 denote C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, R.sup.3 denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 -hydroxyalkyl and R.sup.4 denotes hydrogen or methyl, X in both cases denotes a number from 1 to 3, preferably from 1 to 2 and in particular 1,5, and A.sup..crclbar.

Abstract: Branched polyoxyalkylene copolyesters are described which are prepared by esterifying an oxyalkylated primary fatty amine and an at least trihydric oxyalkylated alkanol or an oxyalkylated polyamine using a dicarboxylic acid or a dicarboxylic anhydride with polycondensation. The novel branched polyoxyalkylene copolyesters are used as demulsifiers for breaking crude oil emulsions.

Abstract: Branched, quaternary polyoxyalkylene copolyesters are described which are prepared by esterifying an oxyalkylated primary fatty amine and an at least trihydric oxyalkylated alkanol or an oxyalkylated polyamine using a dicarboxylic acid or a dicarboxylic anhydride with polycondensation, and quaternizing the esterification product obtained using ethylene oxide or propylene oxide in the presence of a mineral acid or carboxylic acid. The novel, branched, quaternary polyoxyalkylene copolyesters are used as demulsifiers and corrosion inhibitors in the processing of crude oil emulsions.

Abstract: Quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 denotes an alkyl or alkenyl radical with 12 to 22 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are identical or different and denote an alkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms; x denotes an integral or non-integral number from 1 to 3; and A.sup..crclbar. denotes an alkyl- or alkenyl-sulfonate anion, an alkyl or alkenyl-carbonate anion or a benzoate, naphthoate or phenylsulfonate anion, the tosylate ion being excluded, a process for their preparation and their use as drag reducing agents in liquids with turbulent flow.

Abstract: An agent for treatment of hair and skin, containing a quarternary ammonium compound of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be identical or different and denote C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkenyl, R.sub.3 denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, x denotes a number from 1 to 3, and A.sup..crclbar. denotes the anion of C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -carboxylic acid, which may contain 1 to 3 hydroxyl groups, or the hydrogen phosphate anion.

Abstract: Oxalkylated polyester-amines which are prepared by esterifying, with polycondensation, an oxalkylated primary fatty amine with a diol and with a dicarboxylic acid, are described. These polyester-amines are used as demulsifiers for breaking crude oil emulsions.

Abstract: Quaternary oxalkylated polycondensates are described; these are prepared by esterifying, with polycondensation, an oxalkylated primary fatty amine with a diol and with a dicarboxylic acid, and oxalkylating the resulting reaction product in the presence of a carboxylic acid. These polycondensates are used as demulsifiers for breaking crude oil emulsion and as corrosion inhibitors in plants for the recovery and treatment of natural gas and crude oil.

Abstract: Gel-forming organophilic layer silicate whose exchangeable cations have been wholly or partly replaced by a quaternary ammonium compound of the formula ##STR1## where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 can be identical or different and denote C.sub.6 C.sub.30 -alkyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.30 -alkenyl, R.sub.3 denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, R.sub.4 denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, A denotes the group --C.sub.2 H.sub.4 -- or --C.sub.3 H.sub.6 -- and n denotes 1 or 2. These organically modified layer silicates are used as thixotroping agents, for example for surface coatings and antirust primers.

Abstract: The separation of oil-in-water emulsions can be considerably improved if an effective amount of a homopolymer of diallyldimethylammonium chloride, which contains in addition 5 to 10% by weight of residual monomer, is added as a demulsifying substance.

Abstract: Novel quaternary oxalkylated polyesters prepared from oxalkylated fatty amines by polycondensation with a dicarboxylic acid and subsequent reaction with an alkylene oxide and a carboxylic acid or a mineral acid or with a quaternizing agent such as methyl chloride, are described. The compounds are suitable for use as cosmetic active compounds, in particular for cosmetic care of the hair.