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The Suitability of Digital Photogrammetry with PhotoModeler Software for Accident Investigation
barcelona2004/F2004SC09

Authors

Fiona Coyle* - Dublin Institute of Technology, Centre for Industrial and Engineering Optics.

Abstract

Abstract

In this paper the results are presented of an experiment to evaluate the accuracy of digital photogrammetry with PhotoModeler as a measurement technique and to determine if the technique is suitable for measuring the typical depths of crush found in low speed collisions.

The results of a photogrammetric study of a staged T-style 30-mph collision are also presented. The vehicles involved were photographed, modelled in PhotoModeler, and the pre-impact speed was then found using the crush measurements from the models and empirical equations developed by Dr. D. P. Wood, which relate crush and energy absorbed.

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