Methods for measuring and representing automobile occupant posture

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Reed, Matthew P ^a   Manary, Miriam A ^a   Schneider, Lawrence W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRTUAL REALITY;

JOINT LOCATIONS; KINEMATIC LINKAGE; LANDMARK LOCATIONS; POSTURE ANALYSIS; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; VEHICLE OCCUPANTS; VIRTUAL HUMAN MODEL; VIRTUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES;

EID: 85072436411     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/1999-01-0959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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