A comparative evaluation of pedestrian kinematics and injury prediction for adults and children upon impact with a passenger car

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Van Rooij, Lex ^a   Meissner, Mark ^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

ANTHROPOMETRY; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; HIGH PROBABILITY; IMPACT LOCATIONS; INJURY MECHANISMS; INJURY PREDICTION; PEDESTRIAN KINEMATICS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 85072416241     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2004-01-1606     Document Type: Conference Paper

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