Using barrier impact data to determine speed change in aligned, low-speed, vehicle-to-vehicle collisions

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Siegmund, Gunter P ^a   King, David J ^a   Montgomery, Darcy T ^a  

^a Maclnnis Engineering Associates Ltd

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPEED;

COLLISION FORCES; DAMAGE THRESHOLD; FOAM CORE; IMPACT DATA; LOW SPEED COLLISION; LOW SPEED VEHICLE; SPEED CHANGE; VEHICLE TO VEHICLES;

VEHICLES;

EID: 85072437544     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/960887     Document Type: Conference Paper

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