Roadside Safety Library: Library Information Retrieval System (LIRS). Volume 1. Users' Manual

摘要

The Roadside Safety Library (RSL) maintained by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a collection of computer programs which simulate vehicle handling, vehicular crash with roadside objects including safety appurtenances, and post-collision behavior of occupants, along with a collection of a large number of crash test films which serve to supplement and validate the simulation programs. Collectively, the simulation programs are called the Simulation Database. The crash test films, with a test query system to retrieve pertinent information from these films, are called the Testing Database. The Library Information Retrieval System (LIRS) is an interactive program which guides a user to access available information on any program existing in the RSL through a series of prompts. The user may view selected portions of the Library or have these portions recorded onto magnetic tape for transportation to other mainframe environments that are compatible with that in which the Library is maintained.