Relationship of crash test procedures to vehicle compatibility

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Verma, Mukul K ^a   Lange, Robert C ^a   Lavelle, Joseph P ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE TESTING; CRASHWORTHINESS;

CRASH TESTS; FATAL INJURY; FORCE LEVEL; FRONT STRUCTURES; SERIOUS INJURIES; SIDE IMPACT; SMALL VEHICLE; TEST DEVICE;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 85072416102     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2003-01-0900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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