@article{ref1,
title="Validation of an Analytical Model of a Right-Angle Collision Between a Vehicle and a Fixed, Rigid Object",
journal="International journal of crashworthiness",
year="1998",
author="Grau, CA and Huston, R. L.",
volume="3",
number="3",
pages="249-264",
abstract="This paper presents a validation of a simplified analytical model of vehicle collisions recently proposed by the authors. This model predicts the kinematics of a right-angle side impact collision, between two vehicles. In this paper, the analytical model is modified to correspond to the case of a right angle collision between a vehicle and a fixed rigid object, such as a pole. The advantage of this model lies in its inherent simplicity, making it a convenient tool for preliminary accident reconstruction studies or vehicle collision research. Two approaches are employed to validate the analytical model. First, a finite element model of a Ford Festiva was retrieved from the public domain model catalog of the National Crash Analysis Center and was used to simulate two frontal impacts, one against a rigid fixed pole and the other against a fixed rigid wall. The explicit finite element code LS-DYNA3D is used for these simulations. The results are then compared with those originated by the proposed mathematical model. Next, the results of the vehicle crash test FOIL 95S008, &quot;Ford Taurus Broadside Collision with a Narrow Fixed Object&quot;, are compared with those originated by the analytical model. These results are then compared with those originated by the proposed mathematical model.<p />",
language="",
issn="1358-8265",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}