The influence of seat structure and passenger weight on the rollover crashworthiness of an intercity coach

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 567-580

  Guler, M A ^a   Elitok, K ^b   Bayram, B ^b   Stelzmann, U ^c  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b TEMSA AS   (Turkey)

^c CADFEM GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; ECE R66; Explicit dynamics; LS DYNA; Rollover; Survival space

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HAZARDS; PASSENGER CARS; SEATS;

ECE-R66; EXPLICIT DYNAMICS; LS-DYNA; ROLLOVER; SURVIVAL SPACE;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

EID: 41549140639     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260701485297     Document Type: Article

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