MOTIONS OF PASSENGER CARS IN LOW-SPEED FALLS OVER EMBANKMENTS

An analysis of the dynamics of motions of passenger cars in falls over embankments at speeds less than that required to launch a car into a free-fall trajectory is developed in this paper as an aid in evaluating initial vehicle speed in this particular type of crash involved in the forensic science field of accident reconstruction.

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  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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• Authors:
  • Le Fevre, W F
• Publication Date: 1987-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 467-480
• Serial:
  • Journal of Forensic Sciences
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
  • ISSN: 0022-1198
  • EISSN: 1556-4029
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1556-4029

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash reconstruction; Dynamics; Embankments; Forensic medicine; Free fall; Motor vehicles; Speed; Traffic speed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Low speed
• Old TRIS Terms: Determination
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491825
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 082
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM