Robust design of an interior hard trim to improve occupant safety in a vehicle crash

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 296-304

  Rai, Bharatendra ^a   Singh, Nanua ^a   Ahmed, Mustafa ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Belcan Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration curve; Compound noise factor; Head injury criteria; Orthogonal array; Robust design

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); VEHICLES;

ACCELERATION CURVE; COMPOUND NOISE FACTOR; HEAD INJURY CRITERIA; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; ROBUST DESIGN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 15844398947     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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