An approach to front-end system design for pedestrian safety

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Naughton, Pádraig ^a   Cate, Peter ^a  

^a Dow Automotive   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; STIFFNESS;

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FRONT END; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; MATERIAL CHOICE; SAFETY REQUIREMENTS; STIFFNESS DISTRIBUTIONS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 85072465260     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-0353     Document Type: Conference Paper

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