The formula commonly used to calculate velocity change in vehicle collisions

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-78

  Smith, R ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Speed change; Vehicle collisions; Velocity change

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEED; VELOCITY;

CRASH; DEFORMATION LAW; INERTIA; MASS; PLANAR MOTION; VEHICLE COLLISIONS; VELOCITY CHANGE; YAW MOMENTS;

GROUND VEHICLES;

EID: 0031704250     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954407981525803     Document Type: Article

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