Development of a composite front structure for automotive crashworthiness

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED

Volumn 41, Issue , 1998, Pages 95-114

  Botkin, Mark ^a   Browne, Alan ^a   Johnson, Nancy ^a   Fidan, Sukru ^b   Jeryan, Richard ^b   Mahmood, Hikmat ^b   Wang, Richard ^b   Lalik, Larry ^c   Peterson, Doug ^c  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^c CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

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EID: 11544346214     PISSN: 10716947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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