McHenry Forum - Crash Reconstruction & Simulation

Realized we hadn't updated the page from our old website 40+ Years of McHenry SAE Publications
This is in addition to 50+ years of McHenry scientific papers on collision reconstruction and vehicle simulation

• Be sure to also see a summary of the pioneering research by Ray McHenry:
  • Pioneer in Crash Reconstruction Raymond R McHenry is 91!

2000's

• 2003 SMAC2003 - The Automatic Iteration of SMAC McHenry & McHenry, SAE 2003-01-0486

1990's

• 1999, "SMAC Computer Program", McHenry, B, SAE TOPTEC Accident Reconstruction state-of-the Art
• 1997 "SMAC-97 - Refinement of the Collision Algorithm", McHenry & McHenry, SAE 970947
• 1997 "Effects of Restitution in the Application of Crush Coefficients", McHenry & McHenry, SAE 970960
• 1997 "CRASH-97 - Refinement of the Trajectory Solution Procedure", McHenry & McHenry, SAE 970949
• 1997 "RICSAC-97 - A Reevaluation of the Reference Set of Full Scale Crash Tests", McHenry & McHenry, SAE 970961[/url]

1980's

• 1987 "HVOSM-87", McHenry & McHenry, SAE 880228
• 1987 "SMAC-87", McHenry & McHenry, SAE 880227
• 1986 "A Revised Damage Analysis Procedure for the CRASH Computer Program", McHenry & McHenry, SAE 861894, 30th Stapp Car Crash Conference

1970's

• 1976 "The Astro Spiral Jump-An Automobile Stunt Designed via Simulation", McHenry, R.R., SAE 760339
• 1976 "Computer Aids for Accident Reconstruction", McHenry, R.R., SAE 760776
• 1975 "A Comparison of Results Obtained With Different Analytical Techniques for Reconstruction"
• 1973 "A Computer Program for Reconstruction of Highway Accidents", Proceedings of the 17th Stapp Car Crash Conference,SAE 730980
• 1971 "Research in Automobile Dynamics - A Computer Simulation of General Three-Dimensional Motions", SAE 710361
• 1970 "A Review of the Current State of the Art of Automobile Structural Crashworthiness", 1970 International Automobile Safety Conference Compendium, SAE, Paper 700412

1960's

• 1968 "Computer Simulation of Single Vehicle Accidents", McHenry, R.R., SAE Transactions
• 1966 "Computer Simulation of the Crash Victim - a Validation Study", McHenry, R.R., SAE Paper 660792
• 1963 "Analysis of the Dynamics of Automobile Passenger- Restraint Systems", McHenry, R.R., 7th Stapp Car Crash Conference

This list and links are also contained on main McHenry Software website at

• Over 50 Years of McHenry Technical Reports by Decade
  
  More on SAE
  • Link to obtain McHenry SAE Papers directly from SAE website
  • SAE 1997 - papers by McHenry Consultants, Inc.
  • SAE 2002 - notes on the session
  • SAE 2001 - notes on the session
  • The SAE 'peer review' process - a journal of journey through the 1997 SAE peer review process.

We welcome any questions, comments, corrections or requests for further information. We can be reached by e-mail at McHenry@mchenrysoftware.com