Publications

Articles

• Personal Watercraft: High-Speed Fun with High-Speed Defects
  
  Under normal powered operation, a PWC is highly maneuverable. However, on may PWCs, once the throttle has been released, all steering is lost...

Peer Reviewed Publications

Collision Analysis staff have authored and co-authored numerous publications. The following is a selection of peer reviewed publications listed by topic:

Airbags

• Good C, Paulo M, Lewis P. "Experimental Analysis of Head and Neck Loads for the Out-of-Position Occupant with Single and Dual-Stage Depowered Airbags", Biomechanics, SP-1872, Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA. SAE 2004-01-031

Bicycles

• Good C, McPhee J. "Dynamics of mountain bikes with rear suspensions, Part 2 - Design Optimization", Sports Engineering, Volume 3, Number 1, Pages 49-55 (2000).

• Good C, McPhee J. "Dynamics of mountain bikes with rear suspensions, Part 1 - Modelling and Simulation", Sports Engineering, Volume 2, Number 3, Pages 129-143 (1999).

Child Restraint Systems

• Paulo M. "Child Restraint Systems:", Chapter 3, Forensic Accident Investigation: Motor Vehicles - 2, The Michie Company, Charlottesville, VA (1997)

Human Factors

• Ellis M, Good C. "Causes of collisions involving one large truck and one passenger vehicle in the United States", Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference XX (2010)

Inury Biomechanics

• Good C, Thannhauser S. "Comparison of linear, rotational and finite element thresholds of brain injury for impacts at multiple locations to the head", Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference XX (2010)

Personal Watercraft

• Good C, Paulo M, Unger L, Varga J, Ellis M. "Stopping Distance and Acceleration Performance of Personal Watercraft", Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA. SAE 2005-01-1176. Also published in SAE 2005 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars: Mechanical Systems

• Good C, Paulo M, Unger L, Varga J, Ellis M. "Off-Throttle Turning Performance of Personal Watercraft for Accident Reconstruction", Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA. SAE 2005-01-1198. Also published in SAE 2005 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars: Mechanical Systems

Seatbelt Buckles

• Good C, Clarke R, Renfroe D. "Buckle Stalk Acceleration Amplification Observed in Automotive Seatbelts", 2006 Summer Biomechanical Conference, Amelia Island, Florida. June 21-25, 2006. BIO2006-155222

• Renfroe D, Good C, Clarke R, Roberts A. "The Evolution of the Positive Locking Mechanism in End Release Buckles", ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. November 6, 2006. IMECE2006-13177

Seatbelt Defence

• Paulo M, Wolfenden S. "Seat Belt Defence in Canada: A Review." Proceedings of the Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference III, London, Ontario, May 27 - 30, 1984

Seatbelts

• Good C, Viano D, Ronsky J. "Biomechanics of Volunteers Subject to Loading by a Motorized Shoulder Belt Tensioner", Spine, Volume 33, Number 8, Pages E225-E235, 2008.

• Good C, Viano D, Ronsky J. "The Hybrid III Dummy Family Subject to Loading by a Motorized Shoulder Belt Tensioner", Biomechanics, 2008 (SP-2163), Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA. SAE 2008-01-0516.

• Good C, Viano D, McPhee D, Ronsky J, Pieper J. "Motorized Shoulder Belt Tensioning: Modeling and Performance for a Diverse Occupant Population", Biomechanics, 2008 (SP-2163), Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA. SAE 2008-01-0515

• Good C, Viano D, McPhee D, Ronsky J. "Modelling Biomechanics of Volunteers Subject to Loading by a Motorized Shoulder Belt Tensioner", IRCOBI 2007 Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact, Maastricht, The Netherlands. September 19-21, 2007

• Paulo M. "An Occupant Restraint Primer:", Chapter 3, Forensic Accident Investigation: Motor Vehicles, The Michie Company, Charlottesville, VA (1995)