Passenger simulation to determine safety limits during emergency decelerations

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Featherstone, C T ^a   Lieven, N A J ^a   Lowson, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); RAPID TRANSIT;

DECELERATION RATE; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; DYNAMICS MODELING; OLDER FEMALE; PERSONAL RAPID TRANSITS; SAFETY LIMITS; STOPPING DISTANCE; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

DECELERATION;

EID: 85072499646     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2002-01-1124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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