Braking Test

On June 26, 2019, the DDL team tested braking distances by taking Niki to the track at Thunderhill Raceway and measured the distance needed to stop from speeds of 15 mph, 30 mph, 45 mph, 60 mph, 75 mph and 90 mph.

Description of data sets:

File: Brakingtestdata.mat

Description: Data taken from Niki and used to create the graph in the video.

Variables

speed15, speed30, speed45, speed60, speed75, speed90 - Speed of Niki measured in mph from 20 feet before the brakes were applied.
position15, position30, postion45, position60, position75, position90 - Position of Niki in feet from the point where the brakes were applied.

File: Brakinggraph.m

Description: m-file used to create the graph in the video.

File: Brakingscatterdata.mat, brakingscatterdata.xlxs, brakingscatterdata.csv

Description: Paired data of speed and braking distance.

Variables:

Speed of car: spd
Measured in mph
Distance traveled by the car: dist
Measured in feet from the moment the brakes were applied

Data Sets:
Binary Data brakinggraph.m
brakingtestdata.mat
brakingscatterdata.mat
File brakingscatterdata.xlsx
File brakingscatterdata.csv

Information about data collection:
This data set was collected by Jeff O'Connell as part of an Ignited Fellowship during the Summer of 2019.