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The Uncertainty Evaluation on Estimated Vehicle-Velocity of Road Traffic Accident Reconstruction
IPC2001/E249

Authors

Yuan Quan - TsingHua University
Li Yibing - TsingHua University
Pei Jianping - TsingHua University

Abstract

In this paper, the uncertainty theory is used to estimate the vehicle-velocity in accident reconstruction and its uncertainty. Many uncertain factors exist in a road traffic accident. According to these factors, the pre-impact vehicle-velocity can be calculated with some uncertainty. From the factors, a factor is selected as the uncertain-factor having the most uncertain information. Then the uncertain-factor can be used to ascertain an error limit or a value scope of the velocity result. The friction-coefficient and the pre-impact velocity of another vehicle are regarded as the uncertain factors, upon that the method is practiced in the algorithm of kinetic energy and momentum equation.

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