1. Introduction. 1.1. Aims and layout of the book. 1.2. Legal and financial aspects of road accidents -- 2. About the structure of a motor car. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. How thin-walled structures behave when loaded. 2.3. The structural behaviour of the occupant cell in a crash. 2.4. Spot-welding technology. 2.5. Quality control. 2.6. Conclusion -- 3. The physics of impacts between deformable bodies. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Some basic and derived quantities. 3.3. Impact between two vehicles. 3.4. Summary -- 4. Roll-over and roof strength. 4.1. What causes and happens in a roll-over. 4.2. Some examples of roll-overs. 4.3. How much roof crush can be tolerated? 4.4. The U.S. rule governing the design of roofs for cars. 4.5. What is wrong with the U.S. rule for car roofs (FVMSS 216)? 4.6. What is required to ensure adequate roof strength? 4.7. Rollover protection systems (ROPS) -- 5. Side impacts. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Impact of the front of one car into the side of another. 5.3. Side impact with a pole or tree. 5.4. Discussion of side-impact requirements. 5.5. Inclined impacts on the side of cars. 5.6. Discussion about side impact -- 6. Frontal impacts. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Application of physics to car front-end collisions. 6.3. The Australian Design Rule for frontal impact. 6.4. Collisions of cars with semi-trailers and trucks -- 7. Collisions into the rear ends of cars. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Direct effects of rear-end collisions. 7.3. Seatback failure. 7.4. When a seatback fails. 7.5. Some causes of seatback failure. 7.6. Design rule for seatbacks. 7.7. Some comments. 7.8. The myth of energy absorption in seatback design -- 8. Low-velocity property-damage accidents. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Analysis of low-velocity impacts. 8.3. Bumpers, ancient and modern. 8.4. Low-velocity impact tests of six cars. 8.5. A brief history of U.S. legislation on car bumpers. 8.6. Discussion and recommendations -- 9. Loose objects in cars. 9.1. Introduction. 9.2. The physics of the motion of loose objects in vehicles. 9.3. Failure of seat anchorages in head-on bus and coach crashes. 9.4. A study of the motion of a seat-belted car driver in a head-on crash. 9.5. A simple graphical method for studying accidents in the real world. 9.6. Conclusion -- 10. Conclusion.
This book explains how the car, as a structure, behaves in various types of accidents. In order to understand such behaviour the special features of car structures and the elementary physics of car collisions are explained. These ideas are the applied to roll-overs, side impacts, head-on collisions, etc. The reader is then shown how accidents can be analysed. The existing international rules for the design of car structures are also studied and it soon becomes apparent that these rules are inadequate in many respects. This is probably the main reason why racing drivers survive the severest accidents but many ordinary motorists do not survive crashes at one quarter of the speed
When it comes to the crunch : the mechanics of car collisions
1994
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 142) and index
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When it comes to the crunch : the mechanics of car collisons
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