The relationship of seat backrest angle and neck injury in low-velocity rear impacts

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 219, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1293-1302

  Latchford, J ^a   Chirwa, E C ^a   Chen, T ^a   Mao, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backrest angle; BioRID II; Head restraint; Neck injury; Neck injury criterion; Rear impact

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

BACKREST ANGLE; BIORID II; HEAD RESISTANT; NECJ INJURY CRITERION; NECK INJURY; REAR IMPACT;

AUTOMOBILE SEATS;

EID: 27744540143     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: 09544070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440705X34946     Document Type: Conference Paper

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