Pedestrian head protection from car impacts

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 16-27

  Yang, Jikuang ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Car pedestrian impact; Computer simulation; Head protection

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN FORM MODELS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

HEAD PROTECTION;

AUTOMOBILE SAFETY DEVICES;

EID: 0038807821     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2003.003234     Document Type: Article

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