Possibility of installing a data acquisition system in a pedestrian headform impactor

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 115-125

  Matsui, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

damped accelerometer; pedestrian headform impactor; portable small sized data acquisition system; uncabled

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS;

CERTIFICATION TESTS; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; HEAD INJURY CRITERION; HEADFORM; HEADFORM IMPACTOR; IMPACTORS; PEDESTRIAN HEADFORM IMPACTOR; UNCABLED;

CABLES;

EID: 84896388084     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588265.2013.875272     Document Type: Article

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