A correlative investigation of simulated occupant motion and accident report in a helicopter crash

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-29

  Beale, David G ^a   Alem, Nabih M ^b   Butler, Barclay P ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELICOPTER; KINESIOLOGY;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SEAT BELTS; SPINAL INJURIES;

HARNESS;

EID: 0030041475     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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