In this blog post, we discuss the simulation of test “MEA12” from this series. In this test, a 1980 Datsun 200 SX with initial speed of 15.6 m/s impacts a 1989 Chevrolet Sprint with initial speed of 6.7 m/s. The collision occurs in a 90-degree t-bone configuration. A depiction of the test is shown below. 

In the User's Guide writeup on RICSAC 1 (VC5 | VC4 | VC3), you are walked through the workflow of a typical accident reconstruction analysis involving a t-bone style impact based on a staged collision test from the Research Input for Computer Simulation of Automobile Collisions (RICSAC) series. In that case, using knowledge of the pre-impact orientations and post-impact rest positions and orientations, as well as the post-impact trajectories, we were able to iteratively converge on a reasonable solution for the collision, obtaining estimates of the pre-impact speeds. In this post, we will repeat this same process for the second RICSAC collision ("RICSAC 2").