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Collision Volume 3, Issue 2

Close Range Photogrammetry as a Crash Reconstruction Toll with the FHP

Collision Volume 3, Issue 2

Vehicle Speed Sensor Calibration And Its Potential Effect on Pre-Crash Vehicle Speed Data As Recorded By An Event Data Recorder

Collision Volume 3, Issue 2

Basic Integral Calculus for Crash Reconstruction

Collision Volume 3, Issue 2

Hydroplaning: The Effect of Water on the Roadway

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Close-Range Photogrammetry as a Routine Crash Reconstruction Tool within the Florida Highway Patrol.
By: Corporal David A. Templeton, Jr.
Vehicle Speed Sensor Calibration
By: Alan K. Nagel
Centrifugal Force Is It Real?
By: Peter H. Rast
Basic Integral Calculus for Crash Reconstruction. By: Sean Haight
Forensic Photography and Crash Reconstruction, Part 1: The Professional Amateur Expert Witness Photographer.
By: Robert Wyman
School Bus Rollovers and Passenger Compartment Ejection: Solving the Puzzle Using Videoanalytics
By: Dr. Ray Turner
Bus Breaking Tests: With and Without ABS.
By: D. Vangi, A. Virga and L. Pinchera
Hydroplaning: The effect of Water on the Roadway.
By: Elvin Aycock PE, PLS, ACTAR
CASE STUDY: Motorcycle vs. Passenger Car.
By: Gary Lewis
CASE STUDY: 2 in 3 Out Revisited
By: Greg Russell
CASE STUDY: Truck to Passenger Car
By: Rusty Haight and Greg Russell
PLUS - 2008 ARC-CSI Crash Conference DVD that includes all instrumented data from the live crash testing (video, digital photos, vehicle and scene mapping, accelerometer data, speaker powerpoints and much more). For more information on the 2008 ARC-CSI Crash Conference - click here.

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2008 ARC-CSI Crash Conference Data DVD

Included in Collision: Volume 3, Issue 2 is the 2008 ARC-CSI Crash Conference Data DVD. The 2008 ARC-CSI Crash Conference was attended by more than 250 professionals from around the world. The conference featured nine fully instrumented and documented crash tests at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and 12 industry experts spoke on various topics, most of which related directly to the crash testing. In addition, this year we held three workshops that focused on using the information obtained during the crash testing and integrating it with real-world accident reconstruction techniques.

What you will find on the Data DVD:

Speaker Presentations: includes linked videos, scaled photos and data as captured by the various systems
Digital Photos: includes hundreds of high resolution photos. Each photo can be examined in full size. Photos show cars pre and post testing
Video Clips: includes dozens of videos: Multiple formats and sizes. Some in hi def, DVD quality and high speed.
Instrumentation Data: IST Accelerometers, BRT accelerometers (vehicle and human), Bosch CDR Data
Drawings: DWG and DXF. Includes each vehicle before and after impact. Roadway evidence includes impact and rest positions.
Programs: Adobe Acrobat Reader, Canadian Vehicle Specs, Units conversion program.
Other related documents and files.

Video footage of one of the motorcycle crash tests conducted
at the 2008 ARC-CSI Crash Conference

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