Front structure design procedure for optimal pedestrian leg impact performance

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 199-207

  Neal, Mark O ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Pedestrian; Vehicle safety

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND VEHICLES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MARKETING; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TRANSDUCERS;

FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; LEG IMPACT TESTS; PEDESTRIAN; VEHICLE SAFETY;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 14044278893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2004-57153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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