A new method for predicting crashworthiness

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-123

  Council, Forrest M ^a   Stewart, J Richard ^a   Cox, Chante L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Vehicle safety prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030623519     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(96)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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