Modeling of vehicle rollover and evaluation of occupant injury potential using MADYMO.

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Renfroe, D.A. Partain, J. & Lafferty, J.
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Abstract

This paper discusses the modeling of vehicle rollover collisions and resulting occupant motions. MADYMO is used to model a completely instrumented National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) dolly rollover collision of a Bronco II. Animated modeled motions are compared to actual video footage of the rollover. Measured acceleration pulses from the test are compared with the computed accelerations of the vehicle center of gravity, and driver head and chest accelerations. Also, the vehicle roll velocity test data are compared to the computed values. It was found that there was good agreement between the modeled and test results. The capability to determine the injury of the occupant from the computed results is discussed. (A)

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C 11878 (In: C 11874) [electronic version only] /91 /84 / IRRD E200605
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In: Accident reconstruction : technology and animation VIII : papers presented at the 1998 SAE International Congress & Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 23-26, 1998, SAE Technical Paper 980021, p. 33-50, 8 ref.

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