Predictions of AIS3+ Thoracic risks for belted occupants in full-engagement, real-world frontal impacts: Sensitivity to various theoretical risk curves

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Laituri, Tony R ^a   Prasad, Priya ^a   Kachnowski, Brian P ^a   Sullivan, Kaye ^a   Przybylo, Phillip A ^a  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY TESTING;

BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION; CHEST DEFLECTIONS; CRASH OUTCOMES; DEFORMATION PATTERN; EQUATION BASED; FRONTAL CRASHES; FRONTAL IMPACTS; POINT ESTIMATE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85072427865     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2003-01-1355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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