Emergency-locking retractor performance in rollover accidents

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 291-315

  Thomas, Terry M ^a   Marine, Micky C ^a   Wirth, Jeffrey L ^a   Peters, Brian W ^a  

^a Thomas Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; REELS; VEHICLES;

ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; EXTERNAL INPUT; FATAL INJURY; LOCKING MECHANISM; MASS MOTION; ROLL MOTIONS; ROLLOVER ACCIDENTS; SEAT BELT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TO EFFECT; VEHICLE DYNAMICS; VEHICLE OCCUPANTS;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 78249282009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-39101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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