This paper details the injuries occurring in real world trip-over only rollover crashes, for seat belted and contained occupants, and assesses whether these injuries can be replicated using a Jordan Rollover System (JRS) crash test rig recently installed at Crashlab in Sydney. This research forms part of the Dynamic Rollover Occupant Protection (DROP) project funded by the Australian Research C...

In this paper, a method based on binary-coded genetic algorithm is proposed to explore an optimization method, for obtaining an optimal elliptical tank. This optimization method enhances the rollover threshold of a tank vehicle, especially under partial filling conditions. Minimizing the overturning moment imposed on the vehicle due to c.g. height of the liquid load, lateral acceleration and ca...

Types of vehicle rollovers can be classified into two categories: untripped and tripped. Untripped rollovers are relatively rare events resulting from high lateral friction forces between the tires and road. Tripped rollovers are the result of lateral forces caused by the tire or wheel digging into the road or ground or from striking a curb or other obstacles. As reported in the open literature...

Rollover is not the most common type of accident, but the consequences may be serious. Understanding of the injury mechanisms during the complex rollover movement is limited and requires further investigation. ln-depth investigations of 21 Volvo cars involved in rollover crashes were analysed with regards to cause and outcome. Detailed information was examined about the crash scenario, the road...

in this paper, a method based on binary-coded genetic algorithm is proposed to explore an optimization method, for obtaining an optimal elliptical tank. this optimization method enhances the rollover threshold of a tank vehicle, especially under partial filling conditions. minimizing the overturning moment imposed on the vehicle due to c.g. height of the liquid load, lateral acceleration and ca...

As product life cycles shortened, many firms introduce new products and phase out old products frequently. To plan for a successful product rollover; i.e., introduce a new product and eliminate an old product successfully, a firm needs to determine the prices of both products as well as the time to launch the new product and the time to phase out the old product. In this paper, we develop an an...

CONTEXT There is an increased awareness of the problem of rollover crashes, but few data on children involved in rollover crashes in the United States. OBJECTIVE To determine: (1) the rates of rollover crashes involving children and the incidence of fatal injury; (2) the characteristics of crashes involving children; (3) the risk factors for children being in a rollover compared with a non-ro...