Citation

Fujita M. Trans. Soc. Automot. Eng. Jpn. 2011; 42(2): 373-378.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan)

DOI

10.11351/jsaeronbun.42.373

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper focuses on reconstruction of pre-impact speed in a specific type of two-dimensional collision that one vehicle collides eccentrically with another stationary vehicle at a right angle. There is much less experimental data on two-dimensional collision than one-dimensional collision. This is why it is often difficult to reconstruct pre-impact speed in two-dimensional car accidents. This paper introduces effective collision speed (ECS) defined for one-dimensional collision into this type of collision, and confirms the usefulness of ECS for reconstruction of pre-impact speed using actual collision tests.

Language: ja

Keywords

Safety; Side Impact; Intersection; Pre-impact Speed; Accident Reconstruction; Effective Collision Speed