Development of a new lumped-parameter model for vehicle side-impact safety simulation

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

Volumn 222, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1793-1811

  Deb, A ^a   Srinivas, K C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Lumped parameter model; Simulation; Thoracic trauma index; Vehicle side impact

Indexed keywords

ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SAFETY TESTING; SOFTWARE TESTING; VEHICLES;

EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELING; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELS; NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATIONS; SIDE IMPACT; SIDE IMPACT DUMMIES; SIMULATION; THORACIC TRAUMA INDEX;

LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS;

EID: 55749090473     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO801     Document Type: Article

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