Caravan Accidents . (but also including all high aspect small trailers, with some references to hgv trailers.)
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Peter W Jones AMInstP
Consultant for Towed Vehicle Accidents.
(charitable status to be applied for)
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Index and list of Contents
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contains paragraphs 1a to 10c
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contains paragraphs 10ci to 18bNB. These paragraphs are not all in numerical order due to problems I have had transferring my work to blogs.
INDEX
(A) accident statistics 1a : Accident-failure of over run brakes, 3c: Accident-failure of stabiliser, 3c: Acknowledgements, 5d, 5e, 5f, 6b : Air speed indicators, 6c:Aircraft Stalling Speeds, 7g, 7h, 8a, 8b, 8c: Alko new brakes; history of
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(B) Blog: aims of, 1d: Bath university on stabilisers, 2e:
Bath University on effect of bow wave of HGV, 9b:
Boat trailer snaking, 4a: Burst tyres (related to centre of mass and stability), 6a, 11e: Boeing 737, 8g:
{C} Caravan Club, 6a, 6g, 9b, 10, 6h, 6j: Centre of mass calculation, 18a:
Centrifugal force calculation, 12c: Conclusions, 16a:
(E) Evidence from sailing supports safer towing, 4c,5a,5b,5c:
Electric Brakes, 15b:
Equations of motion and stabilisers, 13a:
(F) Flying caravans, 6h: Formula 1 racing cars, 9e:
(G) Government Caravan Accident Statistics, 1a:
(H)
HGV trailers - summary, 18b;
Handbook for air pilots, 6e, 7a: Head wind and side wind components, 7c, 7d: HGV’s and wind speed needed to over turn them, 7e, 7f: HGV‘s and maximum safe air speed, 9a: HGV‘s effect on caravans, 9c, 9d, 10a, 11a:
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Information on stalling speeds for aircraft, 7g, 8a, 8b: Insurance, 17c:
(J) Jones, Peter W: career summary 1c, 1d:
(K) Kinetic Energy and caravans, 11f:
(L) Length of HGV bow wave related to length of caravan, 11d:
(M)Maximum legal caravan speed, 3b: Maximum safe caravan air speed, 6f, 6g, 6j: Mini bus accident, 1f, 1i:Marine safety measures applied to road, 14b:(N) Newton; GCSE and GCE “A” level work 1b
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(O)Over run brakes - the case against 10cii
Over run brakes, 1e, 1g, 12a: Over run brakes, alternatives, 2a: over run brakes and shock absorbers, 1h: Overloading of caravans, 17b: overloading of tow car, 17d:
(P)
Physics of over turned minibus, 1g: Prevention of snaking, 4b, 2d, 2e: Phase of HGV bow waves, 11d:
Principle of Moments and stabilisers, 13a: Parallelogram of Velocities and vehicle air speed, 14b:
{R} Research at Bath University, 9b,d,e,& f: 10a & b: References, 10c. Resonance and caravans 11d:
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Snaking tyre marks - evidence produced by, 10ci
Snaking tyre marks, 17a:Snaking, 2b, 11g, 12b: Snaking caravan accident,3a: Snaking prevention and stabilisers, 2d, 13a: Stabilisers and Bath University, 2e:
Stabiliser test on the friction based type (details of procedure), 10ciii;
Stabilisers (design faults with most of them), 2g: South African Mini Bus Accident, 1f, 1i:
Stabiliser test (calculation of centre of mass), 18a: Selby road/rail disaster, 2c, 15a, 10cii: Somersaulting caravan, 3a, 6b: Standen (Bath University) on wind induced snaking, 10b: School Mini Bus, 10d:
Snaking calculations approximated to circular motion, 12b:
Safety; actions taken to promote;
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(T) Tyre marks made on the road in a snaking accident, 5g: TV adverts for cars concerning aerodynamic lift, 7h: Trailers-effect of the load on aerodynamics, 8d:
(U) University mini bus, 10d:
(V) Ventrui effect, 11b, 11c:
(W) Wind gusts, 6d: Wind deflectors, 8c, 9d: Wind speed monitoring on road and rail, 9g, 7f: Windy weather, 14a:
(Z) Zero road friction, 6f.