The topics of Accident analysis I. lectures:
Technical causes of accidents, vehicle and engine failures: the most frequent vehicle and engine failures causing major damage, the process of establishing the causes of failure on the basis of the damage caused, the determination of technical liability, conclusions, avoidance options. Role of vehicles, interpretation of technical failure, analysis of accidents due to technical causes, contribution of subjective causes. Evaluation of accident types: main accident types and conclusions to be drawn from the post-accident situation. Accidents involving pedestrian collisions, basic calculation options, assessment of pedestrian collisions when leaving cover, accidents in restricted visibility, attempt to prove. Vehicle collisions: basic collision context, vehicle deformations and damage patterns, energy grid, basic collision calculation, structures, main procedures.
The topics of Accident analysis II. lectures:
A description of crash models used in vehicle dynamics simulation software suitable for crash reconstruction. Investigation and analysis of complete, regular and irregular vehicle motion processes using simulation methods: determination of the required input parameters, definition of the questions to be answered based on the available parameters, interpretation of probabilistic findings. Parameter sensitivity analysis of simulation results. Evaluation, analysis and interpretation of the results provided by the simulation software, plausibility check.