The various forms of professional and amateur motor sports all require barriers, fences and deceleration/run-off areas for driver and spectator safety. We examine the translational and rotational kinetic energies involved for various types of race vehicles, and present some comparisons to typical energies encountered in everyday situations. Stopping distance vs. deceleration rates are also calculated, and some simplified trajectory analyses are performed for parts potentially launched during racing accidents.


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    Title :

    Kinetic Energies Involved in Racing Facility Design


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Motorsports Engineering Conference & Exhibition ; 2002



    Publication date :

    2002-12-02




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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