Vehicle Crash Dynamics P4

The power rate densities based on the original FEW coefficients and the all-negative coefficients for the three full-size vehicle tests are shown in Figs. 2.30 and 2.31, respectively. Note that in Fig. 2.31, the must-activate tests, #2' and #3', are well separated from the #1 test after the introduction of the all-negative coefficients. In crash severity analyses using power rate density (prd) and FEW coefficients, it has been assumed that the FEW coefficients be given before the prd computation. The application of the methodology to real time sensing application, however, needs to be explored further. Nevertheless, the analysis points out...