Finite Element Analysis of Knee Injury Risks in Car-to-Pedestrian Impacts

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-354

  Nagasaka, Kei ^a   Mizuno, Koji ^a   Tanaka, Eiichi ^a   Yamamoto, Sota ^a   Iwamoto, Masami ^b   Miki, Kazuo ^b   Kajzer, Janusz ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Rd Management Section   (Japan)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Finite Element Method; Lower Extremity Injury; Pedestrian Car Collision

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; FRACTURE; KNEE INJURY; LEG INJURY; MOTION; PEDESTRIAN; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0346257901     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714040492     Document Type: Article

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