Modelling the effects of seat belts on occupant kinematics and injury risk in the rollover of a sports utility vehicle (SUV)

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hu, Yuanzhi ^a   Neal Sturgess, Clive E ^a   Hassan, A M ^a   Guo, Rong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; KINEMATICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMAN BODY MODELING; HUMAN BODY MODELS; HYBRID III DUMMIES; OCCUPANT KINEMATICS; OCCUPANT MODEL; ROLLOVER CRASHES; SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLES; TUBULAR STRUCTURES;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

EID: 85072426101     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2007-01-1502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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