High strength steels, stiffness of vehicle front-end structure, and risk of injury to rear seat occupants

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-54

  Sahraei, Elham ^a   Digges, Kennerly ^b   Marzougui, Dhafer ^c   Roddis, Kim ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Rear sear occupant; Risk of injury; Vehicle stiffness

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FRONT-END STRUCTURES; FRONTAL CRASHES; MODIFIED MODEL; OCCUPANT PROTECTIONS; REAL WORLD ACCIDENTS; REAR SEAR OCCUPANT; VEHICLE STIFFNESS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

STEEL;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; HUMAN; INJURY; REAR SEAR OCCUPANT; RISK; RISK OF INJURY; SEATBELT; STANDARD; VEHICLE STIFFNESS;

FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; REAR SEAR OCCUPANT; RISK OF INJURY; VEHICLE STIFFNESS;

AUTOMOBILES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MANIKINS; RISK; SEAT BELTS; STEEL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84893800195     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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