Experimental analysis of a new flexible neck model for low-speed rear-end collisions

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 305-312

  Yoshida, Hiroaki ^a   Tsutsumi, Sadami ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; ERGONOMICS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FLEXIBLE NECK MODELS; LOW-SPEED REAR-END COLLISIONS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NECK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MANIKINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NECK; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0035324666     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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