FURTHER VALIDATION OF THE SIMULATION MODEL OF AUTOMOBILE COLLISIONS PROGRAM

Twelve vehicle-to-vehicle collisions were staged then reconstructed with the program. A variety of impact configurations were run including; 60 degree front-to-side, 10 degree offset head-on and 10 degree offset rear-end. The reconstruction of each test is discussed and compared with the measured data, using the final rest positions, velocity changes, and damage profiles of each vehicle. Finally, the limitations of thee SMAC program together with recommendations for improving the simulation model are outlined.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings from the 23rd Stapp Car Crash Conference, held in San Diego, California, October 17-19, 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Jones, I S
  • Baum, A S
• Conference:
  • Proceedigns from the 23rd Stapp Car Crash Conference, held in San Diego, California, October 17-19, 1979.
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 639-674

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Frontal crashes; Rear end crashes; Research; Simulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00317008
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: P-82
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1980 12:00AM