Development of an Upgrading Plan for Highway Safety Simulation Models

摘要

A study was performed to develop a long-range upgrading plan for FHWA's crashsimulation activity. The four major work items consisted of the following: (1) A review was made of available general purpose finite element programs which were considered to be possibly able to simulate vehicle/barrier crash events. (2) A review was conducted of various existing FHWA computer programs for the analysis of vehicle impact and vehicle handling problems. (3) An outline was developed for the structure of a Roadside Safety Analysis System (RSAS) which would essentially be a repository of vehicle crash and handling programs and associated data. (4) a long-range plan for the further development and maintenance of crash simulation software for the FHWA and the development and support of an RSAS was outlined. This is volume I of a two-volume set.