Pedestrian-vehicle interaction: Kinematics and injury analysis of four full-scale tests

International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury - 2008 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Injury, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 275-294

  Subit, Damien ^a   Kerrigan, Jason ^a   Crandall, Jeff ^a   Fukuyama, Keisuke ^b   Yamazaki, Kunio ^b   Kamiji, Koichi ^c   Yasuki, Tsuyoshi ^c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b Japan Automotive Research Institute   (Japan)

^c Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadaver; Crashworthiness; Kinematics; Pedestrians; Sled tests

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIATIONS; CADAVER; CADAVER TESTS; FULL SCALE; FULL SCALE TESTS; INITIAL POSITION; INJURY MECHANISMS; INJURY PATTERN; PEDESTRIANS; PRIMARY FACTORS; SLED TEST; VEHICLE GEOMETRY; VEHICLE TYPES; WHOLE BODY;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; CRASHWORTHINESS; KINEMATICS; SAFETY TESTING; VEHICLES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 84855899452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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