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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Coventry University, Coventry, West Midlands, GB;
James Trollope, Coventry, GB;
Keith Burnham, Coventry, GB;
Coventry University, Coventry, West Midlands, GB;
Abstract
A method of managing collisions, the method comprising: identifying a first crash structure () and determining an initial stiffness of the crash structure; determining a level of aggressivity of the collision based on the predicted energy absorption for each vehicle; identifying a first crash structure whose stiffness can be adjusted, and determining a subsequent stiffness value for the crash structure based on the determined amount of energy to be absorbed by each of the vehicles such that the energy absorbed by the crash structure is changed and the level of aggressivity is reduced; and stiffening the first crash structure to the determined stiffness value.