Improving bus rollover design through modal analysis

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-152

  Subic, Aleksandar ^a   He, Jimin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b Victoria University of Technology   (Australia)

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EID: 0031520358     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/cras.1997.0040     Document Type: Article

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