Energy Methods and Damage Analysis in Traffic Crash Reconstruction

This course will help de-mystify the concept of energy and present energy-based methods and techniques to use in analyzing traffic crashes. You will learn to view and analyze crashes from an energy point of view. We will discuss the often-misunderstood topics of Equivalent Barrier Speed (EBS) and delta-V and you will learn different ways to analyze collisions, such as damage momentum, where a traditional conservation of linear momentum may not be the most appropriate analysis.