MODELS OF VEHICULAR COLLISION: DEVELOPMENT AND SIMULATION WITH EMPHASIS ON SAFETY. III: COMPUTER CODE, PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE AND USER'S MANUAL FOR MEDUSA
O. M. O'REILLY, P. PAPADOPOULOS, G.-J. LO and P. C. VARADI California PATH Research Report UCB-ITS-PRR 98-10, 1998

Abstract
In this report, which also constitutes a final report for MOU232, a User's Manual and a Programmer's Guide for the program Medusa is presented. This program is capable of simulating the impacts of several vehicles. In particular, it assumes that the collisions are elastic, and is consequently applicable for low relative velocity impacts. The vehicular model and collision detection algorithm used in the program are based on previously published reports by the authors. Several of these developments are summarized, and improved features of the collision detection algorithm are presented in a theoretical section at the beginning of this report.