The Effect of Vehicle Rotation on the Occupants' Delta V
960649
02/01/1996
- Event
- Content
- The speed change, Delta V, and the PDOF, principal direction of force, on a vehicle in an accident can be taken together to form a useful measure of accident severity. Many studies have correlated the combined effect of these with the statistical probability of an injury of a certain type and severity according to the AIS (abbreviated injury scale). The usefulness of this concept is enhanced by considering the effective Delta V and PDOF at occupant locations in a vehicle by taking into account the effect of the vehicle rotation. The method of calculating the Delta V at the occupant location is presented in this paper.
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- 9
- Citation
- Fay, R., Raney, A., and Robinette, R., "The Effect of Vehicle Rotation on the Occupants' Delta V," SAE Technical Paper 960649, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/960649.