From the SAE 2001 World Congress, paper topics include: vehicle structural modeling, crush energy analysis, computer modeling, low speed collision analysis, pedestrian impact analysis, single and multi-vehicle collisions, light bulb filament analysis, rollover collisions, and skid distance analysis. CONTENTS INCLUDE: AV, BEV and Coefficient of Restitution Relationships as Applied to the Interpretation of Vehicle Crash Test Data; Stiffness and Crush Energy Analysis for Vehicle Collision and its Relationship to Barrier Equivalent Velocity (BEV); Determination of B1 Coefficients from Lower and Higher Speed Impacts Using Peak Force; Stiffness Parameters for Vehicle Collision Analysis, and Update; SIMON: A New Vehicle Simulation Model for Vehicle Design and Safety Research; Non-Linear Damage Analysis in Accident Reconstruction; PC-Crash and HVE, an Overview of Similarities and Differences; Reconstruction of Twenty Staged Collisions with PC-Crash?s Optimizer; Coefficients of Restitution for Low and Moderate Speed Impacts with Non-Standard Impact Configurations; Dependence of a Coefficient of Restitution on Geometry for High Speed Vehicle Collisions; Low-Speed Impact Testing of Pickup Truck Bumpers; Pedestrian Behavior at Signal-Controlled Crosswalks; Real World Walking Speeds of Young Pedestrians; Throw Model for Frontal Pedestrian Collisions; Human Occupant Motion in Rear-End Impacts: Effects of Incremental Increases in Velocity Change; Vehicle and Occupant Response in Heavy Truck to Passenger Car Sideswipe Impacts; Relationships Between Pre-Skidding and Pre-Braking Speed; Light Bulb Filament Analysis Understanding the Effect of Inertial Impact Forces; Reconstruction of Accident Severity in a Multiple Vehicle Collision; Physical Evidence Analysis and Roll Velocity Effects in Rollover Accident Reconstruction. (Author/publisher)
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