Occupant safety: Mine detonation under vehicles a numerical lower leg injury assessment

International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Impact - 2006 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 373-376

  Geurts, Joris ^a   Van Der Horst, Marike ^b   Leerdam, Piet Jan ^b   Bir, Cynthia ^c   Van Dommelen, Hans ^a   Wismans, Jac ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human Body Model; Legs; Occupants; PMHS; Vehicle mine protection

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BODY MODELS; INJURY ASSESSMENT; LEGS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LOWER LEG; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCCUPANT SAFETY; OCCUPANTS; PMHS; REALISTIC APPLICATIONS; TEST DATA; VERTICAL IMPULSE;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; DETONATION; RATING; VEHICLES;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES;

EID: 79251508838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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