Investigation of Indy car crashes using impact recorders

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Melvin, John W ^a   Baron, Kenneth J ^a   Little, William C ^a   Pierce, John ^a   Trammell, Terry R ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CART Safety Team

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

CRASH INVESTIGATION; DRIVER INJURY; HIGHWAY CRASHES; IMPACT DEVICE; INITIAL PHASIS; SAFETY TECHNOLOGY; VEHICLE DAMAGE; VEHICLE DECELERATION;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 85072499952     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/962522     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. Andrzejak, D.V., Baron, K.J., and Roegner, J., "Anthropometry of Indy Car Drivers" Proceedings of the 1994 Motorsports Engineering Conference, Volume 1: Vehicle Design Issues, pp. 367-379, December 1994, SAE Paper No. 942547, SAE, Warrendale, PA
2. Melvin, J. W., Little, W.C., Jedrzejczak, E.A.,and, Pierce, J., "Racing Car Restraint Frontal Crash Performance Testing" Proceedings of the 1994 Motorsports Engineering Conference, Volume 1: Vehicle Design Issues, pp. 73-80, December 1994, SAE Paper No. 942482, SAE, Warrendale, PA
3. SAE Handbook, "Collision Deformation Classification-SAE J224 MAR80" SAE Recommended Practice, 1996, SAE, Warrendale, PA