December 2011
With the tremendous effort of many people, SATAI was able to
conduct two major crash tests at the September Conference. The
first crash was a car-2-car offset collision involving a older sedan
and a newer smaller sedan. The offset collision occurred with each
car traveling at about 37 mph. We were all impressed how crash
safety has improved over the years as new sedan fared much
better in terms of survivable space in the crush zones.
The second crash test was a rollover of a 15-person van. The
vehicle was loaded with 14 ballast dummies filled to 175 lbs each.
After reaching a speed of approximately 60 mph, a two-step steer
was used to initiate the roll. The result was 1.5 rolls as the vehicle
rolled on both asphalt and dirt.
Following the crash test, Nicolas Carpenter, Ph.D. gave a
wonderful talk on planar mechanics. After the Friday session,
many of the conference attendees retreated to the Residence Inn
for a evening of food, drink and good company.
On Saturday morning, Kelly Bosch and Rob Larson gave an
great talk on UTV reconstruction. The afternoon session consisted
of Bob Anderson discussing the initial crash test results and Joe
Manning giving short presentation on the state of SATAI.
Thanks to everyone for attending and supporting SATAI. With
the involvement of all its members, we will continue to provide
knowledge and information to enhance our understanding of the
field of accident reconstruction.
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