PROBLEM WITH DETERMINING THE VEHICLE IMPACT VELOCITY FOR CAR BODIES BREAKING APART
This article investigates the impact of a passenger car on a tree, which resulted in the car body breaking apart. A side impact of the car on a tree at high driving speeds is not a standard test in the provisions of the applicable Directives of the European Economic Community, even though the impact...
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author | Piotr ALEKSANDROWICZ Iwo ALEKSANDROWICZ Krzysztof KUKIEŁKA Radosław PATYK Piotr STANOWSKI |
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description | This article investigates the impact of a passenger car on a tree, which resulted in the car body breaking apart. A side impact of the car on a tree at high driving speeds is not a standard test in the provisions of the applicable Directives of the European Economic Community, even though the impact poses a serious threat to the driver and the passengers. The threat comes from a deep impaction of the barrier into the body which damages the safety cage. For such impacts, it is very difficult for the vehicle speed to be reconstructed. In practice, expert witnesses and appraisers usually disregard the body-breaking-apart-related energy due to a difficulty in establishing the data for such calculations, which leads to simplifications and speed underestimates. Performing the right simulation of such impacts with accident reconstruction programs without determining the adequate input data for calculations is also impossible to calculate. This paper presents a range of studies and calculations for such incidents and for identifying the input parameters for collision simulations. The approach presented in this article should be used by expert witnesses and researchers. Therefore, this paper provides insights into theory and practice. |
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spelling | doaj.art-a081e6a6892c4c87a79dd0dc6bd2fc9b2023-01-03T10:50:36ZengSilesian University of TechnologyTransport Problems1896-05962300-861X2022-09-01173758610.20858/tp.2022.17.3.07PROBLEM WITH DETERMINING THE VEHICLE IMPACT VELOCITY FOR CAR BODIES BREAKING APARTPiotr ALEKSANDROWICZ0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7632-7614Iwo ALEKSANDROWICZ1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4062-8022Krzysztof KUKIEŁKA2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3271-3852Radosław PATYK3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3148-5488Piotr STANOWSKI4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3776-7427Bydgoszcz University of Science and TechnologyAlmot-EkspertKoszalin University of TechnologyKoszalin University of TechnologyStanislaw Staszic University of Applied Sciences in PilaThis article investigates the impact of a passenger car on a tree, which resulted in the car body breaking apart. A side impact of the car on a tree at high driving speeds is not a standard test in the provisions of the applicable Directives of the European Economic Community, even though the impact poses a serious threat to the driver and the passengers. The threat comes from a deep impaction of the barrier into the body which damages the safety cage. For such impacts, it is very difficult for the vehicle speed to be reconstructed. In practice, expert witnesses and appraisers usually disregard the body-breaking-apart-related energy due to a difficulty in establishing the data for such calculations, which leads to simplifications and speed underestimates. Performing the right simulation of such impacts with accident reconstruction programs without determining the adequate input data for calculations is also impossible to calculate. This paper presents a range of studies and calculations for such incidents and for identifying the input parameters for collision simulations. The approach presented in this article should be used by expert witnesses and researchers. Therefore, this paper provides insights into theory and practice.http://transportproblems.polsl.pl/pl/Archiwum/2022/zeszyt3/2022t17z3_07.pdfimpact velocitycrash into a treebody breaking apart |
spellingShingle | Piotr ALEKSANDROWICZ Iwo ALEKSANDROWICZ Krzysztof KUKIEŁKA Radosław PATYK Piotr STANOWSKI PROBLEM WITH DETERMINING THE VEHICLE IMPACT VELOCITY FOR CAR BODIES BREAKING APART Transport Problems impact velocity crash into a tree body breaking apart |
title | PROBLEM WITH DETERMINING THE VEHICLE IMPACT VELOCITY FOR CAR BODIES BREAKING APART |
title_full | PROBLEM WITH DETERMINING THE VEHICLE IMPACT VELOCITY FOR CAR BODIES BREAKING APART |
title_fullStr | PROBLEM WITH DETERMINING THE VEHICLE IMPACT VELOCITY FOR CAR BODIES BREAKING APART |
title_full_unstemmed | PROBLEM WITH DETERMINING THE VEHICLE IMPACT VELOCITY FOR CAR BODIES BREAKING APART |
title_short | PROBLEM WITH DETERMINING THE VEHICLE IMPACT VELOCITY FOR CAR BODIES BREAKING APART |
title_sort | problem with determining the vehicle impact velocity for car bodies breaking apart |
topic | impact velocity crash into a tree body breaking apart |
url | http://transportproblems.polsl.pl/pl/Archiwum/2022/zeszyt3/2022t17z3_07.pdf |
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