Assessment of vehicle roof crush test protocols using FE models: Inverted drop tests versus updated FMVSS No. 216

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-63

  Mao, M ^a   Chirwa, E C ^a   Wang, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident investigation; Crash worthiness; FMVSS NO. 216; Inverted drop test; LS DYNA3D; Rollover; Simulation; Vehicle roof crush

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; FMVSS NO. 216; INVERTED DROP TEST; LS-DYNA3D; ROLLOVER; VEHICLE ROOF CRUSH;

VEHICLE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33646240341     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/ijcr.2005.0383     Document Type: Article

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