Proposed four 1/4 turn metric to simulate rollover crashes.

Author(s)
Richardson, S.A. Grzebieta, R.H. & Bellion, P.
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Abstract

Rollovers are injurious crash events, causing a disproportionate amount of harm. Current rollover with metrics, Critical Sliding Velocity, Tilt Table Ratio, etc are based on turning a vehicle onto its side (one 1/4 turn). 1/4 turn rollovers account for 6.9% of Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) 3 to 6 injuries, whereas four 1/4 turn rollovers (one full revolution) account for 69.5% of AIS 3 to 6 injuries. This paper proposes a four 1/4 turn rollover metric based on vehicle geometry and mass.

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Library number
C 20475 (In: C 20346 CD-ROM) /84 /91 / ITRD E112310
Source

In: Proceedings of the seventeenth International Technical Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles ESV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 4-7, 2001, 7 p., 15 ref.

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