An analysis method for a collision between a motorcycle and a car is presented, focusing on finding an empirical formulation for the relative velocity between the motorcycle and the other vehicle, starting from the kinetic energy loss due to the collision and allowing for the mass of the motorcycle’s rider at the moment of collision. An equation was found by numerically simulating seven different impact configurations between a car and a motorcycle, with various impact velocities and masses in predefined ranges. Experimental crash tests conducted between a car and a motorcycle and the use of a high-speed video camera allowed the motion of the two-wheeler and its driver to be studied during the impact. A series of tests on crashes between a motorcycle with a rider and a vehicle was carried out, which also allowed validation of the formulation found.

Motorcycle-to-car impact: influence of the mass of the rider in the calculation of the relative impact velocity / C. Cialdai; D. Vangi; A. Virga. - In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. PART D, JOURNAL OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING. - ISSN 0954-4070. - STAMPA. - 228:(2014), pp. 1330-1337. [10.1177/0954407014529942]

Motorcycle-to-car impact: influence of the mass of the rider in the calculation of the relative impact velocity

CIALDAI, CARLO;VANGI, DARIO;VIRGA, ANTONIO
2014

Abstract

An analysis method for a collision between a motorcycle and a car is presented, focusing on finding an empirical formulation for the relative velocity between the motorcycle and the other vehicle, starting from the kinetic energy loss due to the collision and allowing for the mass of the motorcycle’s rider at the moment of collision. An equation was found by numerically simulating seven different impact configurations between a car and a motorcycle, with various impact velocities and masses in predefined ranges. Experimental crash tests conducted between a car and a motorcycle and the use of a high-speed video camera allowed the motion of the two-wheeler and its driver to be studied during the impact. A series of tests on crashes between a motorcycle with a rider and a vehicle was carried out, which also allowed validation of the formulation found.
2014
228
1330
1337
C. Cialdai; D. Vangi; A. Virga
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