Vehicular Response to Emergency Braking

870501

02/01/1987

Event
SAE International Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
The use of passenger car skid mark length as a measure of vehicular energy dissipation is widespread. In actual emergency braking maneuvers, the relationship between deceleration, initial speed and time is non-linear. In addition, substantial energy is dissipated by the vehicle prior to the production of visible skid marks.
This paper discusses these relationships for passenger cars engaged in emergency braking. Specifically, this paper reports the results of an empirical study relating changes in velocity and acceleration during braking maneuvers. The test results are then correlated to skid length and energy dissipation in order to permit accurate skid mark signature analysis.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/870501
Pages
12
Citation
Reed, W., and Keskin, A., "Vehicular Response to Emergency Braking," SAE Technical Paper 870501, 1987, https://doi.org/10.4271/870501.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1987
Product Code
870501
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English