Adult and child pedestrian head impact condition as a function of vehicle front end geometry

2011 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings - International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 277-281

  Peng, Yong ^a,b   Deck, Caroline ^b   Yang, Jikuang ^a,c   Cesari, Dominique ^d   Willinger, Remy ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research   (France)

Author keywords

Crash simulation; Impact speed; Pedestrian; Pedestrian gait; Vehicle front geometry

Indexed keywords

CHILD PEDESTRIANS; COLLISION SPEED; CRASH SIMULATION; DIFFERENT SHAPES; FRONT END; HEAD IMPACT; IMPACT ANGLES; IMPACT SPEED; MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLES; PASSENGER VEHICLES; PEDESTRIAN; PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS; PEDESTRIAN GAIT; PEDESTRIAN POSITION; RELATIVE VELOCITY; SIMULATION MATRICES; SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES; TEST PROCEDURES; TRAVEL SPEED; VEHICLE MODEL; VEHICLE TYPES;

ACCIDENTS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRACKING (POSITION); VEHICLES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 84860385159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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