PC-Crash™  is a Windows™ 3D collision and trajectory simulation tool that enables quick and accurate analysis of a wide variety of motor vehicle collisions and other incidents. PC-Crash was developed by Dr. Steffan Datentechnik GmbH and has been the subject of nearly two decades of technical validation studies.  PC-Crash has been accepted in courts across North America and around the world.

PC Crash can simulate collisions of up to 32 vehicles in 2D and 3D. Car to car, car to motorcycles, car to pedestrian collisions can be calculated. Occupant movement and roll over can also be calculated. 

PC-Crash is used by:

• accident reconstructists
• police stations
• insurance companies
• automotive industry
• academic institutions

Features of PC-Crash 12.0 include:

• Calculation of distance/time relationship (different diagrams with measurement-capabilities).
• Automatic calculation of accident prevention potentials (e.g. accident avoidance velocity, necessary braking coefficients.......).
• Automatic rendering of video animations (Fixed and variable camera positions).
• Calculation of multiple collisions between several cars, 3-dimensional impact model (based on Kudlich-Slibar).
• Automatic calculation of post collision movement until the vehicle’s rest position.
• Indication of point of impact separation speeds or coefficient of restitution in impact calculations.
• Automatic calculation of primary and secondary collisions using default parameters.
• Simulation of movable load and its influence on the vehicles driving behaviour can investigated.
• Defining and calculating brake force distributions between front and rear axle. 
• Extended kinematic modules for fast calculations of pre-impact, impact and post-impact movement, additional modules for velocity-distance-time calculations including avoidance, kinematic pedestrian calculation and overtaking calculations.
• Automatic calculation of impact parameters (pre-impact speeds and point of impact location) with the collision optimizer using final stop positions
• Pedestrian and motorcycle model (multi-body-model), the real vehicle shape is used in the calculation.
• Scalable pedestrians by anthropometrical data. 
• Pre-processor to define and configure multi-body systems (pedestrians, motorcycles with drivers).
• Tire contact mark calculation.
• Limit method in the drawing program.
• Four point measurement grip in the drawing program.
• Crash backward calculation with combined momentum/moment of momentum.
• Camera rotation with pitch/yaw.
• Mesh model with X61/FCE vehicles.
• EES calculation for crash 3 model.

Delta-V Experts is the exclusive distributor of PC Crash in Australia and in New Zealand. For further information or pricing, please contact us here.

Some examples of PC-Crash simulations created by Delta-V Experts are shown below. 

Vehicle rollover is a major cause of death and injury in mining areas. Delta-V Experts designs Rollover Protection Systems to cutting edge safety standards, and backs them up with stringent design, computer modelling and physical testing regimes.

Our award winning Rollover Protective Structure designs are used by major mining and resource companies worldwide, such as BHP Billiton and Anglo American, with representation on four continents.

DVE has developed Rollover Protective Structural System solutions for light vehicles, utilities, trucks, buses and people movers. The Rollover Protective Structural Systems can be retrofitted to current fleets or specified as part of a new vehicle fit out. We can also tailor our designs to suit any specific site requirements, and can integrate the ROPS to cater for existing infrastructure and tools.

Our systems and methodology have received recognition via the Bronze Award at the SAE-A Automotive Engineering Excellence Awards 2008.

Delta-V Experts have developed a unique performance criteria for all of its ROPS designs, based on many years of research and an understanding of how rollover really works. Our experts have been extensively published and presented on numerous occasions and in conferences on the rollover topic. Computer modelling, static and dynamic tests have been carried out for validation purposes, and the systems have been proven in real world crashes. No occupant in vehicle with a DVE ROPS has been seriously injured or killed in a rollover event.

Delta-V Experts ROPS for light vehicles are currently manufactured and installed by the following companies:

• Delta-V Experts South Africa  

Delta-V Experts offers the following services to clients with specific Rollover Protective Structural System requirements:

• A design service to create Rollover Protective Structural System for vehicles
• A complete solution i.e. Rollover Protective Structural System fitted to your vehicles in your location

Delta-V Experts maintains a database of existing Rollover Protective Structural System designs and vehicle dimensions. If a similar vehicle Rollover Protective Structural System exists within the DVE database, DVE can work with local manufacturers to provide drawings and manufacturing instructions as required. If no similar vehicle Rollover Protective Structural System exists, the vehicle will need to be inspected, measured and a Rollover Protective Structural System developed and evaluated.

Delta-V Experts  in co-operation with its certified manufacturers and installers can provide Rollover Protective Structural Systems to any location worldwide.

Delta-V Experts is currently in the process of finalising agents for the sale and installation of its ROPS in Australia and in other regions. Please contact us for more information on our ROPS approach, our current products or any specific design queries.