Determination of bumper styling and engineering parameters to reduce pedestrian leg injuries

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Schuster, Peter J ^a   Staines, Bradley ^b  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; VEHICLES;

BUMPER SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING PARAMETERS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FRONTAL SURFACE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIMARY FUNCTIONS; SEVERITY OF INJURIES; VARIABLE GEOMETRY;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 85072475112     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/980361     Document Type: Conference Paper

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