The effect of roof strength on reducing occupant injury in rollovers

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 41, Issue , 2005, Pages 97-103

  Herbst, Brian ^a   Forrest, Steve ^a   Orton, Tia ^a   Meyer, Steven E ^a   Sances Jr , Anthony ^b   Kumaresan, Srirangam ^b  

^a LLC   (United States)

^b Biomechanics Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; PASSENGER CARS; REINFORCEMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CRUSH RESISTANCE; GLASS RETENTION; ROLLOVERS; ROOF CRUSH;

ROOFS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; INJURY; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 17144379704     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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