Using Barrier Impact Data to Determine Speed Change in Aligned, Low-Speed, Vehicle-to-Vehicle Collisions Maclnnis Engineering Associates Limited

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Siegmund, Gunter P., author.

Conference Name:

International Congress & Exposition (1996-02-26 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1996

Summary:

This paper evaluates the accuracy of different methods for determining the speed change during vehicle-to-vehicle collisions from isolator compression and low-speed barrier data. A controlled regimen of 938 aligned, low-speed collisions was completed, including a series in which collision force data were collected to compare vehicle-to-barrier and vehicle-to-Vehicle Collisions. Five vehicles (four with isolators and one with a foam-core bumper) were tested against a rigid barrier and against each other in collisions below damage threshold. Three methods of assessing the speed change of a low-speed vehicle-to-vehicle collision are evaluated as alternatives to a fourth method: staging collisions with exemplar vehicles. For each of the three methods, the expected accuracy and limitations are presented

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Publisher Number:

960887

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