DYNAMICS OF VEHICLE COLLISIONS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VEHICLE DESIGN: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN VEHICLE DESIGN

The book considers that the study of the dynamics of vehicle impact is important in the design of vehicles in order to minimise injuries to occupants as a result of collisions. The crushing process which occurs in vehicles involved in an impact is examined globally using a mathematical model to determine crushing, energy distribution, acceleration and displacements. The following chapters are presented: 1) motion during impact; 2) energy conversion and transfer; 3) the crushing process-1; 4) the crushing process-2; 5) two-body collisions; 6) restraint systems analysis; 7) restraint system operation; 8) movement on the road; and, 9) vehicle rotation. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Inderscience Enterprises Limited

  La Motte Chambers
  St Helier, Jersey,   England 
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 149 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Calculation; Crashes; Deformation; Dynamics; Energy; Force; Loads; Manual safety belts; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Motion; Motor vehicle bodies; Restraint systems; Skidding; Speed; Textbooks; Vehicle occupants; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile bodies
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 1356: Body (car); 6464: Calculation; 1243: Car; 1631: Collision; 5595: Deformation; 5473: Dynamics; 213: Energy; 5421: Force; 5567: Load; 6473: Mathematical model; 5483: Movement; 1466: Passive safety system; 1476: Safety belt; 1645: Skidding; 5408: Speed; 8526: Textbook; 1255: Vehicle; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491580
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-907776-07-8
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM