Simulation of vehicle kinematics in rollover tests with quaternions

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

Volumn 220, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1503-1513

  Hu, Y ^a   Neal Sturgess, C E ^a   Hassan, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quaternions; Rollover test; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; KINEMATICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VELOCIMETERS;

CURB TRIP; DITCH ROLLOVER; QUATERNIONS; ROLLOVER TESTS; VEHICLE KINEMATICS;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33947605229     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO360     Document Type: Article

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