Investigation of head injuries by reconstructions of real-world vehicle-versus-adult-pedestrian accidents

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1103-1114

  Yao, Jianfeng ^a   Yang, Jikuang ^a   Otte, Dietmar ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accident reconstruction; Head injury; Mathematical simulation; Pedestrian safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEALTH; IRON; LEAD; MODEL AUTOMOBILES; NEUROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; PRESSURE; REPAIR; RESTORATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES; VEHICLES; WINDSHIELDS;

(ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC) STRESS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; BRAIN INJURY (BI); CAR MODELS; ELSEVIER (CO); FINITE ELEMENT (FE); HEAD IMPACT; HEAD INJURIES; HEAD MODELING; HEAD ORIENTATION; HEAD POSITION; IN VEHICLE; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE (ICP); MULTI-BODY SYSTEM (MBS); PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; REAL WORLD; STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS; VON MISES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PEDESTRIAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY;

EID: 45249090814     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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