Vehicle and occupant response in heavy truck to car low-speed rear impacts

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Tanner, C Brian ^a   Chen, H Fred ^a   Wiechel, John F ^a   Brown, Douglas R ^a   Guenther, Dennis A ^b  

^a SEA

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

HEAVY TRUCK; HUMAN VOLUNTEERS; HYBRID III DUMMIES; LOW SPEED; OCCUPANT RESPONSE; REAR IMPACT; VEHICLE RIDE;

TRUCKS;

EID: 85072470577     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/970120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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