| VEHICLES FRONTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS USING COMPUTER SIMULATION AND CRASH TEST |
| Dragos Sorin Dima, Dinu Covaciu |
| Transilvania University of Brasov |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Reconstruction of car accidents is a complex task, with many unknown variables. Among the parameters used
to assess the accident severity, in case of a frontal collision between two vehicles, are the change in velocity (delta-v) and the
Energy Equivalent Speed (EES). The EES is usually determined based on the deformations. Delta-v can be obtained from the
crash pulse recorded with Event Data Recorders, or with crash loggers based on accelerometers, in case of crash tests. In this
paper is presented a full scale crash test that involves two vehicles in a frontal collision. The results are obtained using different
analysis methods: direct application of a model, processing the measured crash pulse, and computer simulation. |
| Key Words:
Frontal collision, Crash test, Crash pulse, Energy equivalent speed, Delta-v |
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