Examination)of)an)Overturned)Towed)Vehicle

If!a!vehicle!leaves!the!onDroad,!and!enters!the!terrain,!its!movement!is!determined!by!the!physical!and! mechanical!laws!of!terrainDvehicle!interaction.!The!problem!with!the!runDoffDroad!accidents!is!that!the! effect! of! the! soil! physical! properties! are! not! known! clearly,! so! that! in! many! cases! only! approximate! results! can! be! provided! by! the! accident! analysts.! The! objects! of! the! project! were! to! create! a! soilD database,!and!determine!the!friction!coefficient!between!the!vehicle!body!and!the!terrain!surface.

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Kiss,! P.! 2009. Components! of! rolling! resistance! on! terrain,! Mechanical! Engineering! Letters,! Vol.! 3.,! pp.! 54D56.!HU!ISSN!2060D3789

Pillinger,!Gy.!and!Kiss,!P.!2011. Modeling! the!energetic! of! tireDsoil! interaction,! CDDROM! Proceedings! of! the! 17th International! ISTVS! Conference,! Blacksburg,! Virginia,!USA,!September!18D22,!2011,!Paper!No:!713,! p.!5.