Big Sums Professional
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Big Sums Professional has a multitude of functions. However, the main purpose of the program is to perform calculations for the Accident Investigator / Reconstructionist.

Listed below are the titles of the equations if you think others should be here then send an to let us know.

 
Distance
  • After accelerating for a time
  • After skidding for a time
  • Constant speed
  • Overall stopping distance
  • While accelerating to or from a speed
  • While skidding to or from a speed
Crush
  • Delta - V
  • Narrow Impacts
  • Motorcycles
Braking forces
  • Diagonal split
  • Front / rear split
  • L or H split
Acceleration
  • Between two speeds in a time
  • Between two speeds over a distance
  • Coefficient of friction (skid test)
  • Coefficient of friction (Drag test)
  • Effective Coefficient (Part lock up)
  • Effective Coefficient (Unbraked trailer)
  • Searle's Acceleration
  • To or from 0 over a distance in time
Maths
  • Qudratic equations*
  • Triangulations*
  • Areas of objects*
  • Volume of objects*
Time
  • Constant speed
  • To accelerate to/from 0 in a distance
  • To gain or lose speed
  • To skid to 0 over a distance
  • Lane change maneuvre*
Throw
  • Launch of object (3 types)
  • Time for an object to fall
  • Pedestrian throw - Appel
  • Pedestrian throw - Searle
  • Pedestrian throw - Smith*
Velocity
  • Accelerating for a time
  • Accelerating over a distance
  • After skidding from a known velocity
  • Before skidding, time and final velocity known
  • Constant speed
  • Critical curves - try this out online
  • From skid marks
  • From skid marks over 2 surfaces
  • Maximum (safe) speed on a bend
  • Momentum exchange (Angled)
  • Momentum exchange (Linear) (Common v)
  • Momentum exchange (Linear) (different v)*
  • Skidding for a time
Other
  • Speedo error*
* New to version 2
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