Crashworthiness Compatibility Investigation of Autonomous Vehicles with Current Passenger Vehicles (05-098)

Project Description: This research focuses on vehicle crash impact between different categories of vehicles with the help of Finite Element Modeling. The FEM models were taken from Centre for Collision Safety (CCSA) at George Mason University (GMU) which are openly accessible. The passenger vehicle models are validated against real world crash test data. The non-passenger ADS models have been tested through computer simulations but not with real world data as this field is still growing. Data Scope: The data set provided consists of video files, Energy balance data, occupant data obtained from accelerometer. Data Specification: The video files provided are in the MPEG/MP4 format, Energy balance data is provided in excel file format and accelerometer data is given in notepad format.