AN ANALYTICAL METHOD TO DETERMINE VEHICLE IMPACT SPEEDS INTO ENERGY ABSORBING BARRIER END TREATMENTS
A method has been developed to determine the impact speed of a vehicle that has hit a constant force (constant deceleration) energy absorbing end treatment system. By determining the distance the subject vehicle crushed the energy absorbing system and the mass of the subject vehicle, the impact speed of the subject vehicle can be determined. This involved the application of the work - energy principle. The method described involves the analysis of high speed films taken during certification testing of the energy absorption system to determine the impact speed of a subject vehicle.
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Corporate Authors:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
400 Commonwealth Drive
Warrendale, PA United States 15096 -
Authors:
- Ries, D M
- Kirk, J A
- Plant, D P
- Publication Date: 1993
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 5 p.
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Serial:
- ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION: TECHNOLOGY AND ANIMATION III
- Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Crash reconstruction; Crashes; Energy absorbing materials; Impact; Impact studies; Single vehicle crashes; Speed; Vehicle weight
- Uncontrolled Terms: Impact speed
- Old TRIS Terms: Energy absorbing barriers; Vehicle fixed object collisions; Vehicle mass
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00637946
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 1560913312
- Report/Paper Numbers: SP-946
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 5 1993 12:00AM