Linear Momentum and Vector Sum Analysis Made Simple
Linear Momentum and Vector Sum Analysis
Made Simple
by Wiley L. Howell
Wiley Howell knows the importance of keeping linear momentum equations simple
for a jury. He wrote this book to help you make linear momentum equations simple
and to introduce you to a less time consuming way to do vector analysis as a
check on the accuracy of the answers obtained from using those equations.
He starts with the general Linear Momentum Equation and, using the 360-degree
method of angle measurement, shows how it can be modified to give you the
equations needed to determine the impact speeds of vehicles in any kind of
collision: head-on, rear-end, right angle and acute angle. He also provides a
handy vector-diagram check on the accuracy of your speed calculations.
Sections include:
- Right Angle Collisions
- Angle Collisions
- Angle Collision with Multiple Departing Sections
- In-line Collisions
- Vector Sum Analysis
This book is recommended to anyone who must testify in a court case where
speed has been determined by linear momentum.
Wiley Howell is a 24-year veteran of the Tampa (Florida) Police Department.
After retirement, Mr. Howell established his own reconstruction business while
teaching traffic crash courses at IPTM. He has been ruled an expert in both
criminal and civil courts over several thousand times throughout his career as a
police officer and in private enterprise.
Specifications: 29 pages; 8½”x11”; saddle stitched; 14 figures and
diagrams; Publisher: IPTM (1997)
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