Estimating vehicle deformation energy for vehicles struck in the side

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Strother, Charles E ^a   Kent, Richard W ^a   Warner, Charles Y ^a  

^a Collision Safety Engineering Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DEFORMATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; STIFFNESS;

ENERGY ESTIMATES; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATIONS; SATURATION MODEL; STIFFNESS MODEL; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIORS; VARYING STIFFNESS; VEHICLE DEFORMATION;

VEHICLES;

EID: 85072455822     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/980215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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