Vehicle Collision Dynamics provides a unified framework and timely collection of up-to-date results on front crash, side crash and car to car crashes. The book is ideal as a reference, with an approach that's simple, clear, and easy to comprehend. As the mathematical and software-based modelling and analysis of vehicle crash scenarios have not been systematically investigated, this is an ideal source for further study. Numerous academic and industry studies have analyzed vehicle safety during physical crash scenarios, thus material responses during crashes serve as one of the most important performance indices for mechanical design problems.
In addition to mathematical methodologies, this book provides thorough coverage of computer simulations, software-based modeling, and an analysis of methods capable of providing more flexibility.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Preface - p. xi 7. Acknowledgment - p. xv 8. Chapter 1. Structural behavior of the vehicle during the impact - p. 1 9. Chapter 2. Impact impulsive models - p. 29 10. Abstract - p. 29 11. Chapter Outline - p. 29 12. 2.1 Impact models - p. 29 13. 2.2 Contact plane, center of impact - p. 31 14. 2.3 Momentum, impulse, and friction coefficient - p. 33 15. 2.4 Coefficient of restitution - p. 35 16. 2.5 Centered and oblique impacts - p. 38 17. 2.6 Model with three degrees of freedom - p. 39 18. 2.7 Sensitivity analysis - p. 52 19. 2.8 Energy - p. 58 20. 2.9 Scalar equations - p. 62 21. 2.10 Speed change in the center of the impact - p. 66 22. 2.11 Constant acceleration circle - p. 67 23. References - p. 70 24. Further reading - p. 70 25. Chapter 3. Models for the structural vehicle behavior - p. 73 26. Abstract - p. 73 27. Chapter Outline - p. 73 28. 3.1 Lumped mass models - p. 73 29. 3.2 Pulse models - p. 93 30. 3.3 Direct integration of the curves F(x) - p. 112 31. 3.4 Reduced order lumped mass model - p. 116 32. References - p. 123 33. Chapter 4. Energy loss - p. 125 34. Chapter 5. Crash analysis and reconstruction - p. 157 35. Index - p. 193
Vehicle Collision Dynamics provides a unified framework and timely collection of up-to-date results on front crash, side crash and car to car crashes. The book is ideal as a reference, with an approach that's simple, clear, and easy to comprehend. As the mathematical and software-based modelling and analysis of vehicle crash scenarios have not been systematically investigated, this is an ideal source for further study. Numerous academic and industry studies have analyzed vehicle safety during physical crash scenarios, thus material responses during crashes serve as one of the most important performance indices for mechanical design problems.
In addition to mathematical methodologies, this book provides thorough coverage of computer simulations, software-based modeling, and an analysis of methods capable of providing more flexibility.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Preface - p. xi 7. Acknowledgment - p. xv 8. Chapter 1. Structural behavior of the vehicle during the impact - p. 1 9. Chapter 2. Impact impulsive models - p. 29 10. Abstract - p. 29 11. Chapter Outline - p. 29 12. 2.1 Impact models - p. 29 13. 2.2 Contact plane, center of impact - p. 31 14. 2.3 Momentum, impulse, and friction coefficient - p. 33 15. 2.4 Coefficient of restitution - p. 35 16. 2.5 Centered and oblique impacts - p. 38 17. 2.6 Model with three degrees of freedom - p. 39 18. 2.7 Sensitivity analysis - p. 52 19. 2.8 Energy - p. 58 20. 2.9 Scalar equations - p. 62 21. 2.10 Speed change in the center of the impact - p. 66 22. 2.11 Constant acceleration circle - p. 67 23. References - p. 70 24. Further reading - p. 70 25. Chapter 3. Models for the structural vehicle behavior - p. 73 26. Abstract - p. 73 27. Chapter Outline - p. 73 28. 3.1 Lumped mass models - p. 73 29. 3.2 Pulse models - p. 93 30. 3.3 Direct integration of the curves F(x) - p. 112 31. 3.4 Reduced order lumped mass model - p. 116 32. References - p. 123 33. Chapter 4. Energy loss - p. 125 34. Chapter 5. Crash analysis and reconstruction - p. 157 35. Index - p. 193
