Signal analysis, modeling and simulation of vehicle crash dynamics

Masteroppgave i mekatronikk MAS500 2013 – Universitetet i Agder, Grimstad Vehicle crash safety has been a strong point of interest for long time in many countries due to the reason that safety statistics show high fatality rate of vehicle occupants involved in road accidents. All vehicles which are going to appear on the road must go through several serious crash investigations to approve whether they conform to the relevant safety standards. There are large crash test facilities built by big companies for these operations. However, a wide and full-scale crash testing is complex, di cult and expensive that demands many things to be ful lled. Because of these and other reasons, mathematical …