Factors influencing occupant-to-seat belt interaction in far-side crashes

Annual Proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 319-339

  Douglas, C A ^a   Fildes, B N ^a   Gibson, T J ^b   Bostrom O ^c   Pintar, F A ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Human Impact Engineering   (Australia)

^c AUTOLIV RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MEDICINE;

FINITE ELEMENTS; HUMAN MODELS; IMPACT ANGLES; MODEL VALIDATIONS; PARAMETER STUDIES; PRE TENSIONS; SEAT BELTS; SIDE IMPACTS; SLED TESTS; STATIC TESTS;

SHOULDERS (ROAD);

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEATBELT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR BAGS; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44849100927     PISSN: 15400360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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