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
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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
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Impulse and Work-Energy Theorem
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Crumple Zones
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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.