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Center for Transportation Computational Mechanics

TTI Enhances Its Proving Ground with New Research Facilities

June 1, 2015

The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 introduced a new concept to motorist safety: the forgiving roadside. A year before that act was implemented, engineers at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Proving Ground Research Facility developed and crash-tested breakaway sign supports — just one example of the new philosophy then being […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 51, Number 2 Tagged With: adaptive vehicle equipment, Center for Transportation Computational Mechanics, Central/Western Field Test Center, connected transportation, toll gantry, TTI Proving Ground, vehicle detection

Simulated Crash Testing Saves Time and Money

June 13, 2013

Researchers at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI) Proving Grounds have run over 3,000 full-scale crash tests on everything from subcompact cars to 80,000-lb tractor-trailer rigs. The Center for Transportation Computational Mechanics (CeTCoM) at TTI has a history for being able to help predict the outcome of such crash testing using computer simulations and publicly […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Center for Transportation Computational Mechanics, computer simulation, crash test, crash test simulation

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