Behaviour of helmets during head impact in real accident cases of motorcyclists

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-61

  Bourdet, N ^a   Deck, C ^a   Tinard, V ^a   Willinger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

accident reconstruction; head trauma; helmets; injury risk; motorcyclists

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION; HEAD TRAUMA; HELMETS; INJURY RISK; MOTORCYCLISTS;

ACCIDENTS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; SAFETY DEVICES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 84855939731     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588265.2011.625676     Document Type: Article

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