Abstract
To enhance occupant protection in various crash configurations, it is essential to control the deceleration of the passenger compartment. In this study, the Energy-Derivative Method was extended to a car-to-car frontal collision for a simple structure model as well as full car models by expressing velocities in the centroid coordinate system. This method allows investigation of the contribution of each component of both cars toward controlling of the deceleration of the passenger compartment in car-to-car collisions.
