Collisions Project Resource

IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) has some excellent resources for working on your collision project. I've linked a couple helpful areas.

Bibliography Links to an external site. of various subjects relating to collisions (devices, vehicle types, etc)

Videos like the two we watched in class, about collisions tests, car crashworthiness:
https://classroom.iihs.org/category/highway-safety-topics Links to an external site.
https://classroom.iihs.org/category/more-engagement-videos Links to an external site.

Vehicle ratings: Links to an external site. You can likely find crash test data for your car, or a similar one. 

Calculation examples:
Inelastic Collisions Hyperphysics Links to an external site.
Impulse and Work-Energy Theorem Links to an external site.
Crumple Zones Links to an external site.

History Links to an external site. of airplane crashworthiness. 
Document Links to an external site. describing physics of crashes, and metrics for determining injury to passengers. 

Article Links to an external site. on helicopter/aviation crash worthiness. Describes a lot of energy absorbing structures.

Check the class slides and notes Links to an external site. for general momentum/impulse/energy concepts.