Using Barrier Impact Data to Determine Speed Change in Aligned, Low-Speed, Vehicle-to-Vehicle Collisions

960887

02/01/1996

Event
International Congress & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
This paper evaluates the accuracy of different methods for determining the speed change during vehicle-to-vehicle collisions from isolator compression and low-speed barrier data. A controlled regimen of 938 aligned, low-speed collisions was completed, including a series in which collision force data were collected to compare vehicle-to-barrier and vehicle-to-Vehicle Collisions. Five vehicles (four with isolators and one with a foam-core bumper) were tested against a rigid barrier and against each other in collisions below damage threshold. Three methods of assessing the speed change of a low-speed vehicle-to-vehicle collision are evaluated as alternatives to a fourth method: staging collisions with exemplar vehicles. For each of the three methods, the expected accuracy and limitations are presented.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/960887
Pages
23
Citation
Siegmund, G., King, D., and Montgomery, D., "Using Barrier Impact Data to Determine Speed Change in Aligned, Low-Speed, Vehicle-to-Vehicle Collisions," SAE Technical Paper 960887, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/960887.
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Published
Feb 1, 1996
Product Code
960887
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English