On the effect of testing uncertainties in the homologation tests of motorcycle helmets according to ECE 22.05

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 523-536

  Pratellesi, A ^a   Turrin, S ^b   Haag, T ^b   Scippa, A ^a   Baldanzini, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

epistemic uncertainties; fuzzy arithmetic; homologation standards; motorcycle helmet; transient crash simulation; uncertainty dissection

Indexed keywords

DESIGN GOAL; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FUZZY ARITHMETICS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT; MOTORCYCLE HELMET; SPECIFIC TASKS; TESTING PROCEDURE; UNCERTAINTY DISSECTION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUZZY SETS; MOTORCYCLES; SAFETY DEVICES; STANDARDS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053518746     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588265.2011.611397     Document Type: Article

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