Parametric analysis of vehicle design influence on the four phases of Whiplash motion

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 258-266

  Sendur, Polat ^a   Thibodeau, Robert ^a,c   Burge, John ^a   Tencer, Allan ^b  

^a Crashport   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical Spine; Mathematical Models; Multi Body Dynamics; Sensitivity Analysis; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DEVICE; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR VEHICLE; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; MOTOR VEHICLES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 24144478824     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580590969382     Document Type: Article

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