A multi-body computational study of the kinematic and injury response of a pedestrian with variable stance upon impact with a vehicle

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Meissner, Mark ^a   Rooij, Lex Van ^a   Bhalla, Kavi ^a   Crandall, Jeff ^a   Longhitano, Douglas ^b   Takahashi, Yukou ^c   Dokko, Yasuhiro ^c   Kikuchi, Yuji ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b HONDA R and D Americas Inc   (Japan)

^c HONDA R AND D CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; KINEMATICS;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CARS; FORCE LOAD; HUMAN MODEL; MULTI-BODY MODELS; SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES; UPPER BODIES; VEHICLE MODEL;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 85072415395     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2004-01-1607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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