Design parameters for comfortable and safe vehicle seats

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Huston, Ronald L ^a   Genaidy, Ashraf M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BONE; COPYRIGHTS; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH;

DESIGN OBJECTIVES; DESIGN PARAMETERS; INDUCED VIBRATIONS; OCCUPANT PERCEPTION; REAR-END COLLISIONS; SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS; VIBRATION ATTENUATION; VIBRATION SUPPRESSION;

SEATS;

EID: 85072454338     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/971132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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