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Evaluating the Uncertainty in Various Measurement Tasks Common to Accident Reconstruction
Technical Paper
2002-01-0546
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Abstract
When performing calculations pertaining to the analysis of motor vehicle accidents, investigators must often select appropriate values for a number of parameters. The uncertainty of the final answers is a function of the uncertainty of each parameter involved in the calculation.
This paper presents the results of recent tests conducted to obtain sample distributions of some common parameters, including measurements made with tapes, measurements made with roller-wheels, skidmark measurements, yawmark measurements, estimation of crush damage from photographs, and drag factors, that can be used to evaluate the uncertainty in an accident reconstruction analysis. The paper also reviews the distributions of some pertinent data reported by other researchers.
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Authors
- Wade Bartlett - Mechanical Forensics Engineering Services, LLC
- William Wright - Florida Atlantic Univ.
- Oren Masory - Florida Atlantic Univ.
- Raymond Brach - Notre Dame Univ.
- Al Baxter - Suncoast Reconstruction
- Bruno Schmidt - Southwest Missouri State Univ.
- Frank Navin - University of British Columbia
- Terry Stanard - Klein Associates
Citation
Bartlett, W., Wright, W., Masory, O., Brach, R. et al., "Evaluating the Uncertainty in Various Measurement Tasks Common to Accident Reconstruction," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-0546, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-0546.Also In
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