Head/neck kinematic response of human subjects in low-speed rear-end collisions

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Siegmund, Gunter P ^a   King, David J ^a   Lawrence, Jonathan M ^a   Wheeler, Jeffrey B ^b   Brault, John R ^b   Smith, Terry A ^b  

^a MacInnis Engineering Associates

^b Biomechanics Research and Consulting

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; KINEMATICS; SPEED; VEHICLES;

6 DEGREE OF FREEDOM; ACCELEROMETER DATA; AUTOMOBILE COLLISION; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; KINEMATIC RESPONSE; REAR-END COLLISIONS; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; VEHICLE TO VEHICLES;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 85072456106     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/973341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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