Simulation of motorcyclist's kinematics during impact with W-Beam guardrail

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-61

  Ibitoye, A B ^a   Hamouda, A M S ^a   Wong, S V ^a   Radin, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acceleration time history; Guardrail; Impact; Kinematics; Motorcycle

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; KINEMATICS; MOTORCYCLES; ROADS AND STREETS; STANDARDS;

ACCELERATION-TIME HISTORY; MOTORCYCLE-CAR IMPACT; MULTIBODY MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER SIMULATION;

GUARD RAILS;

EID: 27344460457     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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