Barrier equivalent velocity, Delta V and CRASH 3 stiffness in automobile collisions.

Author(s)
Hight, P.V. Lent-Koop, D.B & Hight, R.A.
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Abstract

Accident investigators have occasionally and mistakenly assumed that the magnitude of the change of speed (Delta V) during an auto collision is simply proportional to the post collision crush of the automobile. This paper reviews the introduction of the vehicle deformation index, collision deformation classification, barrier equivalent velocity (BEV), stiffness of the other vehicle, and the appropriate Delta V.

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B 24939 (In: B 24915) /91/ IRRD 286483
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In: Field accidents: Data collection, analysis, methodologies, and crash injury reconstructions.SAE-P-159- International Congress & Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 25 - March 1, 1985; P. 345-357, 5 fig., 5 graph., 31 ref. SAE 850437.

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