TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Contribution of a laterally displaced vehicle to post-impact deceleration of a heavy truck
JO  - Collision: the international compendium for crash research
A1  - Bartlett, William
A1  - Wright, B.
A1  - Brill, D
SP  - 96
EP  - 101
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
N2  - occurs, the PV often remains engaged with the CMV to their final rest position.  Evaluating an appropriate post-impact drag factor requires assessing the frictional contribution of both vehicles.  Two crash tests were conducted in which a stationary PV was struck by a CMV traveling at approximately 40 mph (64 kph) in order to assess the overall post-impact drag factor.  It was found that the combined units slowed at a rate higher than the CMV alone, but lower than the skidding value of the passenger vehicle alone, and commensurate with the mass-ratio of the two vehicles involved.  Standard crash analysis techniques were found to accurately predict the CMV’s pre-crash speed.
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SN  - 1934-8681
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -