Simplified method for evaluating energy loss in vehicle collisions

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 633-641

  Vangi, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accident reconstruction; Crush measurement; EES; Energy loss; Vehicle impact

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION; CRUSH MEASUREMENT; EES; ENERGY LOSS; VEHICLE IMPACT;

DEFORMATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; KINETIC ENERGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; RESTORATION; ROADS AND STREETS; VEHICLES;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CAR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MECHANICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 64849107324     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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