Pedestrian Headform Testing: Inferring Performance at Impact Speeds and for Headform Masses Not Tested, and Estimating Average Performance in a Range of Real-World Conditions

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 402-411

  Hutchinson, T Paul ^a   Anderson, Robert W G ^a   Searson, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Euro NCAP; Impact responses; Pedestrian; Vehicle design

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 84864708271     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.660252     Document Type: Article

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