Integrated pedestrian countermeasures: Potential of head injury reduction combining passive and active countermeasures

International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury - 2010 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Injury, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 141-153

  Fredriksson, Rikard ^a,b   Rosén, Erik ^a  

^a AUTOLIV RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomous braking; Deployable devices; Head injury; Integrated safety; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT DATA; DEPLOYABLE DEVICES; HEAD INJURIES; HEAD PROTECTION; PEDESTRIAN; RAPID DEVELOPMENT;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; FRICTION MATERIALS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 84855893872     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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