Crash reconstruction of pedestrian accidents using optimization techniques

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-219

  Untaroiu, Costin D ^a   Meissner, Mark U ^a   Crandall, Jeff R ^a   Takahashi, Yukou ^b   Okamoto, Masayoshi ^b   Ito, Osamu ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b HONDA R AND D CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crash reconstruction; Gait; Optimization; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; REPAIR; RESTORATION; VEHICLES;

CONTACT POINTS; CRASH RECONSTRUCTION; CRASH RECONSTRUCTIONS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DESIGN SPACES; DESIGN VARIABLES; EXACT SOLUTIONS; FIELD INVESTIGATIONS; GAIT; IMPACT PARAMETERS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LITERATURE DATUMS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGIES; OPTIMIZATION PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PEDESTRIAN; PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS; PEDESTRIAN CRASHES; PEDESTRIAN INJURIES; RELATIVE POSITIONS; RESPONSE SURFACES; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS; VEHICLE DAMAGES; VEHICLE MODELS; VEHICLE SPEEDS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 57549115992     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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