Crash simulations of wheelchair-occupant systems in transport

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-84

  Kang, Weize ^a,b   Pilkey, Walter D ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b TK Engineering Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Crashworthiness; Multirigid body dynamics; Wheelchair occupant

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; WHEELCHAIRS;

CRASH SIMULATIONS; MULTIBODY DYNAMIC SIMULATOR; WHEELCHAIR OCCUPANT SYSTEMS;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHEELCHAIR;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POSTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0031908680     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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