Limitation of scaling methods in child head finite element modelling

International Journal of Vehicle Safety

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 404-421

  Roth, S ^a   Raul, Jean Sebastien ^b   Ruan, J ^c   Willinger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^c FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child head; Finite element analysis; Impact biomechanics; Morphology

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PEDIATRICS;

CHILD HEAD; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; IMPACT BIOMECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; SCALING COEFFICIENTS; SCALING METHOD; SHAPE ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENT;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 58149105576     PISSN: 14793105     EISSN: 14793113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVS.2007.016750     Document Type: Article

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