Vehicle interior interactions and kinematics of rear facing child restraints in frontal crashes

Annual Proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 215-228

  Sherwood, C P ^a   Gopalan, S ^a   Abdelilah, Y ^a   Marshall, R J ^a   Crandall, J R ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; FRONTAL CRASHES; VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENTS; VEHICLE STRUCTURES;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAR; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 32444435537     PISSN: 15400360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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