Vehicle Collision Dynamics: Analysis and Reconstruction

Vehicle Crash Modeling and Analysis 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.

Unifies existing and emerging concepts concerning vehicle crash dynamicsProvides a series of latest results in mathematical-based modeling from front and oblique perspectivesContains almost everything needed to capture the essence of model development and analysis for vehicle crashIncludes both numerical and simulation results given in each chapterPresents a comprehensive, up-to-date reference that encourages further study

1. Impact impulsive model
2. Structural behavior of the vehicle during impact
3. Impact description - analytical models
4. Impact description - numerical models
5. Crash analysis