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Chapter 7 — Technical References

  1. McHenry, R.R., and DeLeys, N.J., "Vehicle Dynamics in Single Vehicle Accidents — Validation and Extensions of a Computer Simulation," Calspan Report No. VJ-2251-V-3, NTIS-PB 182 663, 1968.
  2. McHenry, R.R., Segal, D.J., Lynch, J.P., Henderson, P.M., "Mathematical Reconstruction of Highway Accidents," NTIS PB-220 150, January 1973.
  3. McHenry, R.R., "Development of a Computer Program to Aid the Investigation of Highway Accidents," Calspan Report No. VJ-2979-V-1, DOT HS 800 821, December 1971.
  4. McHenry, R.R., Jones, I.S., Lynch, J.P., "Mathematical Reconstruction of Highway Accidents — Scene Measurement and Data Processing System," Calspan Report No. ZQ-5341-V-2, DOT HS-801 405, December 1974.
  5. Solomon, P.L., "The Simulation Model of Automobile Collisions (SMAC) Operator's Manual," US DOT, NHTSA, Accident Investigation Division, Washington, D.C., 1974.
  6. Day, T., Hargens, R., "An Overview of the Way EDSMAC Computes Delta-V," SAE Paper No. 880069, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1988.
  7. EDSMAC Version 2 Source Code Listing, EDC Library Ref. No. 2006, Engineering Dynamics Corp., Lake Oswego, 1989.
  8. "Collision Deformation Classification," SAE Technical Report J224 MAR80, Society of Automotive Engineers, March 1980.
  9. U.S. and Foreign Passenger Car Specifications, Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, Detroit, 1982, EDC Library Ref. No. 1046, Engineering Dynamics Corporation, Lake Oswego.
  10. Fiala, E., "Seitenkräfte am Rollenden Luftreifen" (Lateral Forces on Rolling Pneumatic Tires), Zeitschrift V.D.I., 96, No. 29, 1954, EDC Library Ref. No. 1011, Engineering Dynamics Corporation, Lake Oswego.
  11. Jones, I.S., Baum, A.S., "Research Input for Computer Simulation of Automobile Collisions, Volume IV — Staged Collision Reconstructions," Calspan Report No. ZQ-6057-V-6, HS 805 040, December 1978.
  12. Jones, I.S., "Results of Selected Applications to Actual Highway Accidents of the SMAC Reconstruction Program," SAE Paper No. 741179, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1974.
  13. Jones, I.S., "The Application of the SMAC Accident Reconstruction Program to Actual Highway Accidents," Proceedings of the Eighteenth Conference of the American Association of Automotive Medicine, 1974.
  14. Vehicle Crush Stiffness Coefficients for Model Years 1970–1984, EDC Library Ref. No. 1042, Engineering Dynamics Corporation, Lake Oswego, 1986.
  15. Day, T., Hargens, R., "Application and Misapplication of Computer Programs for Accident Reconstruction," SAE Paper No. 890738, Society of Automotive Engineers, March 1989.
  16. Taborek, J.J., "Mechanics of Vehicles," Machine Design, The Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland, 1957.
  17. Baker, J.S., Traffic Accident Investigation Manual, The Traffic Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1975.
  18. Noga, T., Oppenheim, T., "CRASH3 User's Guide and Technical Manual," U.S. DOT, Washington, D.C., January 1981.
  19. Hargens, R.H., Day, T.D., "Data Sources for Accident Reconstruction," SAE Paper No. 880068, Society of Automotive Engineers, February 1988.
  20. Day, T.D., Siddall, D.E., "Validation of Several Reconstruction and Simulation Models in the HVE 3-D Environment," SAE Paper No. 960891, Society of Automotive Engineers, February 1996.
  21. Hull, W.C., Newton, B.C., "Estimating Crush Stiffness When Reconstructing Vehicle Accidents," SAE Paper No. 930898, Society of Automotive Engineers, February 1993. 21a. Neptune, J.A., Flynn, J.E., "A Method for Determining Accident Specific Crush Stiffness Coefficients," SAE Paper No. 940913, Society of Automotive Engineers, February 1994. (The original manual numbered both this and the previous entry "21.")
  22. Grimes, W.D., Heusser, R., Hunter, J., Neptune, J.A., "Developing a Crush Profile By Balancing Impact Forces," SAE Paper No. 970942, Society of Automotive Engineers, February 1997.
  23. EDC Technical Newsletter, Technical Session, Engineering Dynamics Corporation, Beaverton, OR, December 1997.
  24. Day, T., "An Overview of the EDSMAC4 Collision Simulation Model," SAE Paper No. 1999-01-0102, Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA, 1999.
  25. Day, T., "An Overview of the HVE Developer's Toolkit," SAE Paper No. 940923, Society of Automotive Engineers, February 1994.
  26. Blythe, W., Day, T.D., Grimes, W.D., "3-Dimensional Simulation of Vehicle Response to Tire Blow-outs," SAE Paper No. 980221, Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA, 1998.
  27. Day, T.D. and Metz, L.D., "The Simulation of Driver Inputs Using a Vehicle Driver Model," SAE Paper No. 2000-01-1313, Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA, 2000.

(Additional references cited by the current program's Program Data report — see the Ref0–Ref12 entries in Physics/Source/Edsmac4/EDSMAC4.rsc — include Day, T.D., Hargens, R.L., "Further Validation of EDSMAC Using the RICSAC Staged Collisions," SAE Paper No. 900102, February 1990, and the "EDC Simulations Training Manual," Engineering Dynamics Corporation, Beaverton, OR, 1989.)

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