CAL-3D User Convenience Package Upgrades and CVS (Crash Victim Simulator) Program Studies of Occupant Equilibrium, Force Deflection Sensitivity and Accident Reconstruction

摘要

The CAL-3D Crash Victim Simulator (CVS) is a powerful tool for the mathematical simulation of automobile crashes. In order to make the CAL-3D CVS easier to use, the User Convenience Package (UCP) was developed. An equilibrium study was performed to provide guidance to CAL-3D CVS users on occupant equilibrium with a vehicle. A force-deflection sensitivity study was performed to provide guidance in the development of data for the CVS through component testing. Two real world accidents were also simulated to demonstrate the capabilities of the CVS/UCP in accident reconstruction. The force-deflection study involved the investigation of occupant response sensitivity to changes in vehicle component force-deflection properties.