Development of generic multibody road vehicle models for crashworthiness

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 133-158

  Sousa, Luís ^a   Veríssimo, Paulo ^a   Ambrósio, Jorge ^a  

^a Instituto Superior Tecnico Institute for Mechanical Engineering   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Front impact; Side impact; Structural deformations; Vehicle dynamics; Virtual testing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; CRASHWORTHINESS; DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FRONT IMPACTS; SIDE IMPACTS; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATIONS; VEHICLE DYNAMICS; VIRTUAL TESTING;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES;

EID: 38849181099     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11044-007-9093-z     Document Type: Article

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