| Program
title |
HVE-EDCRASH |
| Category(s) |
Damage analysis
Trajectory analysis and simulation |
| Author
/ Company |
 |
| County
of origin |
USA |
| Operating
System |
2D versions
run under Windows 95+
The 3D version currently require Windows 95+ or a Silicon Graphics
workstation. |
| Cost |
Not given
on web site |
| Contact |
http://www.edccorp.com |
| Demo |
Various Quick Time Movie
format demo's available |
| Details
of program |
HVE
[Human - Vehicle - Environment] is 3-D Simulation Software
Environment for Vehicle Design Engineers and Safety Researchers.
[See http://www.edccorp.com/products/hve.html]
HVE (2-D) Crash Reconstruction and Simulation Software for
motor vehicle safety researchers. [See http://www.edccorp.com/products/hve2d.html] |
| Review |
Peter
Jennings [Ashton & Jennings, UK]:
"HVE
has great potential, but navigating around the various screens
is currently a skill which takes some mastering. It is hoped
that over the next year or two the program will be updated to
simplify its user interface and provide more guidance for the
novice user." |
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| Program
title |
Ai Damage |
| Category(s) |
Damage analysis |
| Author
/ Company |
AiTraining Services Ltd. |
| County
of origin |
UK |
| Operating
System |
Windows
95+ |
| Cost |
UK£485
with an annual licence fee of about £100)
"Free"
upgrades if payments up to date. |
| Contact |
http://www.aitsuk.com |
| Demo |
From time to time there
is one available at the web
site |
| Details of program |
A database of vehicle
statistics can be used prior to inputting measured crush profiles.
These are also shown graphically on the screen. |
| Review |
John
MORRIS [Vol.6 No.2 of Impact, the journal of I.T.A.I.]
To very much summarise this he states it is "....user-friendly
the new software was. Information is very easy to input with
a visual representation of the crush damage being reproduced
on screen..." John also pointed out some of the shortfalls
of this type of program that cannot take into account such things
as gradient, weight transference or rotation.
Peter Jennings [Ashton & Jennings, UK]:
"AI
Damage is mathematically virtually identical to the other versions
of CRASH3. It is appealingly simple to use, but the authors
of the program have adopted a convention which in some cases
is a mirror image of the CRASH convention for entering data.
This can lead to data input errors for people who use both EDCRASH
and AIDAMAGE concurrently. Since the change of convention adds
nothing to the background science involved, the wisdom of changing
the data convention is debateable." |
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| Program
title |
AITOOLKIT - DAMAGE |
| Category(s) |
Damage analysis |
| Author
/ Company |
AITOOLKIT |
| County
of origin |
UK |
| Operating
System |
Windows
95+ |
| Cost |
UK £350
(There is a reduced price package when bought in conjunction
with AITOOLKIT - CALCS) |
| Contact |
http://www.aitoolkit.com |
| Demo |
http://www.aitoolkit.com/downloads.htm |
| Details of program |
A program to calculate
delta-v from vehicle crush damage which will also calculate
individual vehicle damage co-efficients from the raw test crash
data. |
| Review |
With
thanks to Guy R DAY [TAIRS, UK]
'AITOOLKIT - DAMAGE' uses the mathematical conventions outlined
in CRASH3â. The data entry and program use is easy and
user friendly. The measuring convention has been simplified
to virtually eradicate measuring system error. Damage data entry
is visually displayed for checking as it is entered. The program
has provision to cater for offset impacts, something missing
from most others of a similar nature. It is laid out in the
standard Windows format and has a user friendly help system.
There are shortcut buttons to AITOOLKIT-CALCS, together with
your favourite Word processing, CAD and calculator packages.
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