Characteristics of 3.5 kg pedestrian headform impactor prototypes developed by JAMA-JARI and ACEA-TNO

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-210

  Matsui, Yasuhiro ^a   Takabayashi, M ^a   Tanahashi, M ^b  

^a JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

3.5 kg headform impactor; Biofidelity; Bonnet impact test; Global Technical Regulation (GTR) standards; High velocity headform impactor certification characteristic; Natural frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044406727     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/ijcr.2005.0338     Document Type: Article

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