This book explains how the car, as a structure, behaves in various types of accidents. In order to understand such behaviour the special features of car structures and the elementary physics of car collisions are explained. These ideas are the applied to roll-overs, side impacts, head-on collisions, etc. The reader is then shown how accidents can be analysed. The existing international rules for the design of car structures are also studied and it soon becomes apparent that these rules are inadequate in many respects. This is probably the main reason why racing drivers survive the severest accidents but many ordinary motorists do not survive crashes at one quarter of the speed. Contents:Introduction: About the Structure of a Motor CarThe Physics of Impacts between Deformable BodiesRoll-over and Roof StrengthSide ImpactsFrontal ImpactsCollisions into the Rear Ends of CarsLow-velocity Property-damage AccidentsLoose Objects in CarsConclusion Readership: High school physics students and the general public. keywords: “… an excellent presentation of the basics of car-crash mechanics, and should certainly be used by secondary schools as an introduction to the application of the principles of Physics to real life situations that every student has a statistical certainty of experiencing in his or her lifetime.” Focus “I recommend this book to anyone interested in car safety … Everyone can gain something from this book whether they have a good knowledge of the subject or none at all.” Hazards Forum “… an important book with plenty of drawings as well as calculations and graphs.” Automotive Engineer
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