A response surface approach to front-car optimisation for minimising pedestrian head injury levels

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-150

  Zhao, Y ^a   Rosala, G F ^a   Campean, I F ^a   Day, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

car pedestrian impact; front car design optimisation; pedestrian safety; response surface modelling

Indexed keywords

CAR DESIGNS; CAR MODELS; FRONT-CAR DESIGN OPTIMISATION; HEAD INJURIES; HIGH NONLINEARITY; INJURY LEVELS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMISATION; OPTIMISATIONS; PEDESTRIAN IMPACT; PEDESTRIAN MODELS; RESPONSE SURFACE; RESPONSE SURFACE MODELS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; MODEL AUTOMOBILES; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 77954826036     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260903094392     Document Type: Article

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