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- Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:06 am
- Forum: Highway Safety
- Topic: Crash Injury Stats by Time of Day, Day of Week, etc
- Replies: 0
- Views: 958
Crash Injury Stats by Time of Day, Day of Week, etc
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...
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:31 am
- Forum: Vehicle Safety
- Topic: Uber Driver Charged in Crash into Pedestrian on bike in 2018
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7650
Re: Uber Driver Charged in Crash into Pedestrian on bike in 2018
Q: Wait, she was actually watching a movie when driving??? A: Yes it appears. It was an autonomous vehicle. She was NOT supposed to be watching a movie. She was supposed to be monitoring the vehicle to be sure it functioned properly. (So perhaps better stated 'an experimental autonomous vehicle') I...
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:42 pm
- Forum: msmac3D Licensee Notes
- Topic: msmac3D ver 2.80.2 available Now!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1717
Re: msmac3D ver 2.80.2 available Now!
Version 2.80.2 updates: Crash Test Database now includes data as of Oct 15, 2020. From 3D graphics use the Help button and select CRASH Test Database 3D Graphics Help button.jpg Which produces the NHTSA CRASH TEST Database Browser: NHTSA CRASH test DATABASE dialog.jpg From the Medit3D GRID mode use ...
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:13 pm
- Forum: Occupant/Pedestrian Simulation
- Topic: MADYMO & Occupant Simulation Reconstruction IMPORTANT issues
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13081
Re: MADYMO & Occupant Simulation Reconstruction IMPORTANT issues
Just saw posted up to Linkedin by Explico Engineering Company the following: "Explico's 3D visualization capabilities are rapidly expanding. Check out a recent visualization our team created, which can be interacted with through our custom, real-time, vehicle collision visualizer. The vehicle ...
- Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:49 pm
- Forum: Specs, Crash Tests, Etc.
- Topic: Drag Factor Measurements, Techniques and Devices
- Replies: 0
- Views: 958
Drag Factor Measurements, Techniques and Devices
Following information recently posted up to INCR on drag factor measurements a couple of devices/Companies mentioned: Vericom and Vbox We've had the pleasure of working with the Vbox folks on the 2018 Jaguar E-Pace rollover rollout stunt project great product and great people! Some information in th...
- Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:56 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: What is RICSAC?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18996
Re: What is RICSAC?
Oct 2020: Recently posted on NAPARS Facebook page:
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- Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:52 pm
- Forum: Collision Simulation, SMAC
- Topic: Today's History Moment: RICSAC Tests
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5206
Today's History Moment: RICSAC Tests
Recently posted on NAPARS Facebook page : Today's History Moment: RICSAC Tests: In the 70's, it became clear that computer models of car crashes might be viable, but everyone needed good input data to work with. So a series of staged crashes were run called the "Research Input for Computer Simu...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:10 pm
- Forum: msmac3D General Q&A
- Topic: 2020 Year End Special Pay-When-You-Use msmac3D!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1315
2020 Year End Special Pay-When-You-Use msmac3D!
Sorry!Too Late for Year End Special! Watch the Video, see what you're missing! You can still contact us for a quote! Nov: 2020 Year end Special Pay_only_when_you_use pricing for msmac3D! Pay for only when you use the software: quarterly, semi-annually, annually! Please read Why consider msmac3D Con...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 1:25 pm
- Forum: Vehicle Safety
- Topic: Volvo 3-pt Restraint Seatbelt ad from 1960s/1970s
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5615
Volvo 3-pt Restraint Seatbelt ad from 1960s/1970s
We recently came across a framed picture in storage of a Volvo ad which included a topless model. This framed ad was given to Ray while he was back at Calspan by someone from Volvo . The ad in support of the 3 pt restraint and this is a vivid demonstration of the safety provided by a 3-pt. seatbelt....
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:26 pm
- Forum: Damage Analysis, CRASH
- Topic: How to draw the PDOF?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5095
How to draw the PDOF?
Q: In preparation for ACTAR exam I am having trouble finding how to draw the PDOF force vector. I calculated it correctly and know you draw the vector through the center of damage. My question is where do you measure the angle from? The center of the damage? The cross of the x and y axis of the veh...