正面碰撞时轿车后排乘员的保护

为提高轿车后排乘员在发生正面碰撞时的安全性,文章利用碰撞仿真分析软件MADYMO,建立包括某轿车车体、安全带和假人的乘员约束系统正面碰撞模型,并与碰撞试验结果进行对比,验证了模型有效性。利用该模型对安全带形式和座垫角度对乘员的HIC、胸部3ms加速度和左右大腿力等损伤值的影响进行了比较,表明使用3点式安全带同时匹配座垫倾角25°的方法,能使头部损伤下降59%,胸部伤害下降20%,腿部损伤下降70%,有效提高后排乘员的安全性。     

防撞护栏最大动态变形量敏感性分析

碰撞参数在试验组织中会产生误差,为了解护栏最大动态变形量对碰撞参数的敏感程度,建立了车辆碰撞某金属梁柱式护栏有限元仿真模型,模型中考虑了碰撞过程中路基对护栏的影响,采用平均敏感度系数作为护栏敏感度的评判标准。结果表明,撞击速度是影响防撞护栏最大动态变形量的最敏感因素,该研究成果对制定碰撞试验误差范围具有指导意义。     

汽车碰撞试验中模拟和数字滤波器的实现

滤波是数据采集和处理的一种常用技术手段，本文就汽车碰撞试验中有关滤波的问题进行探讨，用冲激响应不变法实现了满足通道频率特性要求的实用算法，为了消除相位误差采用正反向二次滤波的方法，但它会引起幅频特性改变，并对此提出了修正的方法。     

正面碰撞后排女性乘员颈部损伤研究及改进方案验证

针对正面碰撞工况中乘用车后排5%女性乘员颈部损伤问题,对乘员颈部损伤与乘员运动及安全带约束之间的关系进行研究,建立颈部损伤机理矩阵分析模型,提出基于安全带力作用的碰撞过程三区间分段分析改进方案,并通过整车试验对比验证了该改进方案的有效性。结果表明,该方案颈部拉伸力F_z平均降低32%,颈部伸展力矩M_ocy平均降低67%,头部损伤指标HIC₁₅平均降低61%,提高了后排5%女性乘员头颈部的碰撞安全性。     

基于时空交互模型的高速公路季节事故频次影响因素分析

为了深入了解影响高速公路事故频次的显著因素,采集2014年广东省开阳高速公路的事故、道路、交通和气象数据,以曲率和坡度同质性为原则将整条公路划分为154条路段,采用时空交互模型拟合路段季节事故数和道路设计参数、交通特征、气象因素间的内在关系。该模型不仅解释了相邻路段间的空间效应和相邻季节间的时间效应,而且还考虑了时空效应间的相互作用,有助于提高模型的拟合预测性能、减少参数估计偏倚。基于贝叶斯推断的模型估计和评价结果显示：事故数据中存在显著的时空关联和交互效应;时空交互模型比传统层级泊松模型的拟合优度更高;路段长度与事故频次线性相关,而交通量则与事故频次间存在非线性关系;高速公路交通安全性随着中、大型客、货车（三类车）比例的增加而显著提高;路段曲率、坡度越大,交通事故风险越高;风速越高、降水量越多的季节,事故频次将显著上升。研究结果可为高速公路交通安全改善方案的制定提供理论依据。     

Effectiveness of red light cameras on the right‐angle crash involvement of motorcycles

Red light cameras (RLCs) have been used to reduce right‐angle collisions at signalized intersections. However, the effect of RLCs on motorcycle crashes has not been well investigated. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of RLCs on motorcycle safety in Singapore. This is done by comparing their exposure, proneness of at‐fault right‐angle crashes as well as the resulting right‐angle collisions at RLC with those at non‐RLC sites. Estimating the crash vulnerability from not‐at‐fault crash involvements, the study shows that with a RLC, the relative crash vulnerability (RCV) or crash‐involved exposure of motorcycles at right‐angle crashes is reduced. Furthermore, field investigation of motorcycle maneuvers reveal that at non‐RLC arms, motorcyclists usually queue beyond the stop line, facilitating an earlier discharge, and hence become more exposed to the conflicting stream. However at arms with a RLC, motorcyclists are more restrained to avoid activating the RLC and hence become less exposed to conflicting traffic during the initial period of the green. The study also shows that in right‐angle collisions, the proneness of at‐fault crashes of motorcycles is lowest among all vehicle types. Hence motorcycles are more likely to be victims than the responsible parties in right‐angle crashes. RLCs have also been found to be very effective in reducing at‐fault crash involvements of other vehicle types which may implicate exposed motorcycles in the conflicting stream. Taking all these into account, the presence of RLCs should significantly reduce the vulnerability of motorcycles at signalized intersections. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Characteristics of new-type energy absorber for vehicle collision

A new type energy absorber was introduced, which is composed of thousands of thin ring plates with different diameters. Because it can switch the impact to thousands of shearing actions among thin ring plates inside the absorber, the impact energy is decentralized and dissipated gradually, the impact acting time is extended and the peak of acceleration is reduced obviously. Numerical simulations by finite element method (FEM) coupled with smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method were preformed to predict the energy absorption characteristics. Energy absorption ability with different impact velocities was studied and the effects of thickness and material of ring plates were discussed. The sled crash test was carried out to validate the result of simulations. The new type absorber is effective for collision that impact velocity is lower than 40 km/h.     

高速公路平面线形与安全关系的探讨

建立线形指标、交通量与事故间的模型是当前事故规律微观研究的主要方法，虽然在模型中纳入更多的指标能够提高的解释能力，但增加了模型的复杂性，加剧了数据采集困难．简洁的模型有时候在分析特定类型事故时反而更具优势，因此，作者在研究高速公路线形条件与事故的关系时，主要提取了平面线形的圆曲线、缓和曲线和超高等指标，重点分析平面线形与安全的关系。作者首先对国内外有关平面线形与安全关系的研究进行了简要回顾，利用贵州省贵黄、贵新两务高速公路的事故、线形、交通量数据建立了回归模型。此外，还结合具体案例，对曲线超高对行车安全的影响进行了剖析，并提出了一些针对平面线形安全问题的具体措施和建议。     

Development and validation of side-impact crash and sled testing finite-element models

Side-impact collisions are the second leading cause of death and injury in the traffic accidents after frontal crashes. Side-impact airbags, side door bars and other protection techniques have been developed to provide occupant protection. To confirm the effectiveness of protection equipment installed in vehicles, studying the degree of impact is fundamental to understand the effect of automobile collisions on the human body. Therefore, the dynamic response of the human body to traffic accidents should be analyzed to reduce the level of occupant injuries. Generally, the experimental method is complex and expensive. Recently, numerical crash simulations have provided a valuable tool for automotive engineers. This work presents full-scale and sled side-impact test finite-element (FE) models - based on the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 214 - that simulate a side-impact accident. The crash simulations utilized the LS-DYNA finite-element code. The human body's dynamic response to crashes is discussed herein. Additionally, occupant injuries were measured. To verify the accuracy of the proposed crash test and sled test FE models, simulation results are compared with those obtained from experimental tests. The comparison results indicate that the proposed crash test and sled test FE models have considerable potential for assessing a vehicle's crash safety performance and assisting future development of safety technologies.     

Accidents involving pedestrians with their backs to traffic or facing traffic: an evaluation of crash characteristics and injuries

This paper examines pedestrian anatomical injuries and crash characteristics in back‐to‐traffic and facing‐traffic crashes. Pedestrian crashes involving pedestrians walking along streets (i.e. with their backs to traffic or facing traffic) have been overlooked in literature. Although this is not the most frequent type of crash, the crash consequence to pedestrians is a safety concern. Combining Taiwan A1A2 police‐reported accident data and data from the National Health Insurance Database from years 2003–2013, this paper examines anatomical injuries and crash characteristics in back‐to‐traffic and facing‐traffic crashes. There were a total of 830 and 2267 pedestrian casualties in back‐to‐traffic and facing‐traffic crashes respectively. The injuries sustained by pedestrians and crash characteristics of these two crash types were compared with those of other crossing types of crashes (nearside crash, nearside dart‐out crash, offside crash, and offside dart‐out crash). Odds of various injuries to body regions were estimated using logistic regressions. Key findings include that the percentage of fatalities in back‐to‐traffic crashes is the highest; logistic models reveal that pedestrians in back‐to‐traffic crashes sustained more head, neck, and spinal injuries than did pedestrians in other crash types, and unlit darkness and non‐built‐up roadways were associated with an increased risk of pedestrian head injuries. Several crash features (e.g. unlit darkness, overtaking manoeuvres, phone use by pedestrians and drivers, and intoxicated drivers) are more frequently evident in back‐to‐traffic crashes than in other types of crashes. The current research suggests that in terms of crash consequence, facing traffic is safer than back to traffic. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.