Finite element modeling and development of the deformable featureless headform and its application to vehicle interior head impact testing

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Barbat, Saeed D ^a   Jeong, Hyun Yong ^b   Prasad, Priya ^a  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b EASi Engrg ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DEFORMATION; IMPACT TESTING;

FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GEOMETRIC ACCURACY; HEAD IMPACT; HYBRID-III; IMPACT RESPONSE; IMPACT SPEED; ITS APPLICATIONS; VISCO-ELASTIC PARAMETERS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 85072441045     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/960104     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

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