Distribution of automobile trip durations for studies of seat comfort

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Reed, Matthew P ^a   Massie, Dawn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKET SEGMENT; PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION; TEST DURATIONS; TRIP DURATION;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 85072426847     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/960476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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