Constant force restraints for frontal collisions

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

Volumn 220, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1177-1189

  Paulitz, T J ^a   Blackketter, D M ^b   Rink, K K ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive restraints; Constant force seatbelt; Crash modelling; Frontal collisions

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORCE CONTROL; HEALTH RISKS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADAPTIVE RESTRAINTS; CONSTANT FORCE SEATBELTS; CRASH MODELING; FRONTAL COLLISIONS;

AIRCRAFT MODELS;

EID: 33947703722     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO306     Document Type: Article

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