New high precision method for determining vehicle crash velocity based on measurements of body deformation

Autor: Artur Dąbrowski, Krystian Siczek, Andrzej Szosland, Przemyslaw Kubiak
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: International Journal of Crashworthiness. 21:532-541
ISSN: 1754-2111
1358-8265
DOI: 10.1080/13588265.2016.1194566
Popis: Existing methods of determining vehicle velocity based on measurements of body deformation have been based on linear models. This means that the linear relationship between the equivalent energy speed (EES), which is a measure of the kinetic energy lost during the collision of cars, and the value of the ratio Cs, representing the average value of the body deformation, has been sought. The aim of this publication is to present a nonlinear and innovative quick method, or its simpler form, using linearisation in the seven consecutive ranges, for determining EES on the basis of the averaged deformation ratio Cs. The most critical factor for this analysis has been the coefficient bk, representing the slope of the linear relationship. Its fixed value is appropriate only for the rare case of a linear response of a system of cars interacting during a collision with the internal forces generated in the collision, and carrying out the work of deformation. In a more general case, the assumption of a fixed va...
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