Accident Investigation Calculator
- Accident Investigation Calculator. AICalculator.exe
- This Calculator is being developed as an aid to the
forensic investigation of accidents.
- The Calculator is designed to work in any Windows
environment.
- The forms do not occupy the whole of the monitor
screen.
- You can move the form around with your existing work
in the background.
- The following features are presently available:
- Newton's equations of linear motion. Calculations
involving speed, time, acceleration and distance.
- Solution of any quadratic equation. Available stopping
distance and speed.
- Curves and critical speed.
- Critical speed under braked conditions.
- Maximum speed through bends.
- Overturning and skidding on a bend.
- Calculation of the change in speed resulting from
crush damage. This is based on the Crash 3 algorithm.
- Momentum calculations for all types of collision.
- Partial braking. The effect of one or more brakes not
working.
- Calculating speed from throw distance.
- Flight of vehicles.
- Tabulated reaction times and walking speeds.
- Alcohol back-tracking using blood, breath or urine
measurements.
- Speed from motorcycle crush.
- Speed from pole and narrow impact collisions.
- The position of the Sun. Sunset, Sunrise and
twilight.
- Latitude and longitude to UK OS Grid conversion.
- UK OS Grid to Latitude and Longitude conversion
- Rigid vehicle Cut-In
- Articulated vehicle Cut-In
- Side Slip calculations for yawing and spinning
vehicles
- The calculator also includes a stop watch, alarm, and
current date display.
- The programme is an executable file entitled
"AICalculator.exe".
- The programme can be run from this site simply by clicking here.
- You can download and open the file by clicking on the
reference at the bottom or at the top of this page.
- The executable file length is less than 1MB.
- No responsibility can be taken for any errors or
omissions. If you discover any, please email me about it.
- Any comments, adverse or otherwise would be
welcome.
- If you think the progamme can be improved or extended,
email me.
- Not all errors have been trapped. Inappropriate input
may still cause run-time or overflow errors.
- The programme was last updated on the 6th
of September 2009.
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- Accident Investigation Calculator. AICalculator.exe