Comparison of Belted Hybrid III, THOR, and cadaver thoracic responses in oblique frontal and full frontal sled tests

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Kent, Richard ^a   Shaw, Greg ^a   Lessley, David ^a   Crandall, Jeff ^a   Kallieris, Dimitrios ^b   Svensson, Mats ^c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; POTENTIOMETERS (ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS); POTENTIOMETERS (RESISTORS);

BELT TENSIONS; BIOFIDELITY; CHEST DEFLECTIONS; HUMAN CADAVER; HYBRID-III; LATERAL MOVEMENT; PRIMARY SOURCES; RIB FRACTURES;

SAFETY TESTING;

EID: 85072440664     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2003-01-0160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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