Response of helmets in direct and oblique impacts

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-24

  Mills, N J ^a   Gilchrist, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031543162     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/cras.1997.0032     Document Type: Article

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