Since the seventies, many methodologies have been developed for estimating from energy loss the delta V produced in a vehicle to vehicle impact. Normal energy loss, is calculated by a discrete number of residual crush measurements in the direction parallel to the vehicle's axis, using the stiffness coefficients. In the case of oblique impact, a correction factor is applied to the normal energy loss to determine energy loss in the impulse direction. In this paper the concept of principal direction of deformation is introduced, presenting a new method for estimating energy loss in vehicle to vehicle collision, starting from a discrete number of crush measurements, which are, however, performed considering the effective displacement of the points during the crush. This novel approach, in addition to providing a more rigorous model of the physical phenomena, leads to improvement in the results: with the new approach, the mean error committed in estimating energy loss is about 10%, as compared to the 20% of the previous methodology. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Energy loss in vehicle to vehicle oblique impact / D.Vangi. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMPACT ENGINEERING. - ISSN 0734-743X. - STAMPA. - 36/3:(2009), pp. 512-521.
Energy loss in vehicle to vehicle oblique impact
VANGI, DARIO
2009
Abstract
Since the seventies, many methodologies have been developed for estimating from energy loss the delta V produced in a vehicle to vehicle impact. Normal energy loss, is calculated by a discrete number of residual crush measurements in the direction parallel to the vehicle's axis, using the stiffness coefficients. In the case of oblique impact, a correction factor is applied to the normal energy loss to determine energy loss in the impulse direction. In this paper the concept of principal direction of deformation is introduced, presenting a new method for estimating energy loss in vehicle to vehicle collision, starting from a discrete number of crush measurements, which are, however, performed considering the effective displacement of the points during the crush. This novel approach, in addition to providing a more rigorous model of the physical phenomena, leads to improvement in the results: with the new approach, the mean error committed in estimating energy loss is about 10%, as compared to the 20% of the previous methodology. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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