Low-speed sideswipe collisions between tractor-semitrailers and passenger vehicles can result in large movements and extensive areas of visible damage to the passenger vehicle. However, depending on t....
In statistical modeling, cross-validation refers to the practice of fitting a model with part of the available data, and then using predictions of the unused data to test and improve the fitted model.....
Crash testing of vehicles into rigid, immovable barriers is commonly used by researchers and relied upon by accident reconstructionists to determine the structural dynamic properties of vehicles. One ....
The energy dissipated by the fracture of wooden utility poles during vehicle impacts is not currently well documented, is dependent upon non-homogenous timber characteristics, and can therefore be dif....
There are limited scientific data available on the acceleration and braking performance of modern snowmobiles. In this study we investigated the acceleration and deceleration characteristics of four m....
All camera lenses contain optical aberrations as a result of the design and manufacturing processes. Lens aberrations cause distortion of the resulting image captured on film or a sensor. This distort....
When two vehicles contact in a side swipe collision, if one of the vehicles has lug nuts that protrude outboard of the wheel, gouge marks may be left in the other vehicle's exterior. Hereafter the mar....
This technical paper presents the results of full scale vehicle testing completed to examine deceleration on late model tractor semitrailer vehicles equipped with original equipment manufacturers (OEM....
Accurately measuring the kinematics of a vehicle is necessary to understand vehicle dynamics. As such, a new technique for measuring planar motion of a vehicle using downward-facing high-speed or high....
