A MODEL STUDY OF AUTOMOBILE COLLISIONS

IT WAS FOUND BY DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS THAT THE VEHICLE MOTION DURING AND AFTER COLLISIONS MAY BE STUDIED WITH SCALE MODELS, IN LIEU OF FULL-SIZE AUTOMOBILES. THE SCALE MODELS WERE DESIGNED TO EXHIBIT THE SAME COEFFICIENTS OF RESTITUTION AND FRICTION BETWEEN THE VEHICLE BODIES IN COLLISION AND THE SAME COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION OF TIRE ON TEST SURFACE AS FULL-SIZE AUTOMOBILES. POST-COLLISION MOTIONS OF THE MODEL VEHICLE DUPLICATE THOSE OF CORRESPONDING FULL-SIZE AUTOMOBILE TESTS, RESULTING FROM SIMILAR IMPULSE EXCHANGE IN COLLISION.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 6 Pp, 4 Fig, 5 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Los Angeles

  School of Architecture and Urban Planning
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90024
• Authors:
  • Emori, R I
  • Link, D
• Publication Date: 1969-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coefficient of friction; Coefficients; Crash injury research; Crashes; Impacts; Motion; Postcrash phase; Research; Tires; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Model tests; Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Post-crash; Restitution /materials/
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220495
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 16 1970 12:00AM