Pedestrian kinematics due to impacts by various passenger cars using full-scale dummy

International Journal of Vehicle Safety

Volumn 1, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 64-84

  Matsui, Yasuhiro ^a   Wittek, Adam ^b   Tanahashi, Masaaki ^c  

^a JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c JAPAN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

chest injury risk; EEVC WG17 impactor test; full scale pedestrian dummy; head impact angle; head impact speed; pedestrian protection; upper legform impact energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947572671     PISSN: 14793105     EISSN: 14793113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijvs.2005.007538     Document Type: Article

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