The effect of pregnant occupant position and belt placement on the risk of fetal injury

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Moorcroft, David M ^a   Stitzel, Joel D ^a   Duma, Stefan M ^a   Duma, Greg G ^b  

^a Virginia Tech Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FORCE DEFLECTION RESPONSE; FRONTAL IMPACTS; HUMAN BODY MODELING; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; PASSENGER SEATS; PREGNANT WOMAN; VERTICAL POSITIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 85072416422     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2004-01-0324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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