McHenry Forum - Crash Reconstruction & Simulation

Ph.D. research.png From Linkedin page by Hamed Joodaki For my Ph.D. dissertation, I wanted to optimize the restraint system for two different anthropometries. The way that I approached this problem was that first, I ran a limited number of simulations using finite element (FE) models of the human b...

Realized hadn’t linked the 2015 IPTM presentation paper to the related paper published in Collision Magazine:

A Review of the Development and Validation of Simulation Technology for Vehicular Accident Reconstruction

Volvo doing some crane drop tests as part of their #ForEveryonesSafety Great program and great way to bring a vehicle up to speed in a small area! More information on the Volvo safety program #ForEveryonesSafety is here: Watch how Volvo Cars drops new cars from 30 metres to help rescue services save...

A few other references recently noted on INCR Huey, et al (1996) Field Measurements of Naturalistic Backing Behavior - HFES A series of observations and measurements were made as 21 subjects drove their own vehicles in anassortment of naturalistic backing tasks.The tasks were performed on public roa...

Posted this also to Forum topic How accurate is eyewitness memory? A post to Linkedin CASE STUDY: Eyewitness Reliability Related to Signal Light Status Included some important points to consider when considering the reliability of witness accounts of a crash. Main point is as crash reconstructionist...

Since 11th post to this topic we moved to new subject please see McHenry Forum Topic: Eyewitness Reliability vs Tesla DashCam on Signal Light Status For convenience we had posted it here too but kept adding things and soon may add a crash reconstruction so now at McHenry Forum Topic: Eyewitness Reli...

On Linkedin Ohio Department of Transportation posted a PDF of great tips to avoid distracted driving
here's the highlights:

New: Use this link to go to the latest post on this thread Below we present an ad posted by FARO wherein a laser cloud scanner was used simply to present pictures of a crash. It included an incomplete crash reconstruction which apparently a driver agreed was OK. Our summary, which is also repeated ...

Begs the question: Who are you? and What software are you talking about? Per your registration to this forum we don't have you listed as being a McHenry Licensee ... so... That's no problem just wonder are you using another vendors version of SMAC? We are always interested in helping any and all to ...

Saw a post on InjuryFacts.org . Site includes interesting facts about injuries of all kinds including highway crashes. Section on Motor vehicles : which starts: Introduction For the first time in three years, less than 40,000 people died in motor-vehicle crashes in 2018. Between 1913 and 2018, motor...