A rollover vaulting algorithm (RVA) for simulating vehicle / barrier collision behaviour. Paper prepared for the 54th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board TRB, Washington, D.C., January 1975.

Author(s)
Labra, J.J. Rudd, J. & Ravenscroft, J.
Year
Abstract

Due to the relatively high center of gravity of most heavy vehicles, the possibility of rollover vaulting is always present when such a vehicles collides with a barrier. An improved rollover vaulting algorithm (RVA) has been developed. The RVA program can monitor: the angular orientation of the vehicle during and after the initial impact; the respective angular rates of the vehicle center of gravity during redirection; the trajectory of the magnitude of the initial impulse between vehicle and barrier; and the tire / suspension reaction forces during redirection of the vehicle.

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B 6058 /80/83.1/
Source

Washington, D.C., ENSCO Inc., 1974, 19 p. + app., fig., graph., tab., ref.

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