Development of test procedures and performance criteria to improve compatibility in car frontal collisions

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-245

  Edwards, M J ^a,b   Davies, H ^a   Thompson, A ^a   Hobbs, A ^a  

^a TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Transp Research Laboratory Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car frontal collisions; Compatibility; Performance criteria; Test procedures

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DATA ACQUISITION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAFETY TESTING; STIFFNESS;

CAR FRONTAL COLLISIONS; COMPATIBILITY; PERFORMANCE CRITERIA; TEST PROCEDURES;

FRONT WHEEL DRIVE AUTOMOBILES;

EID: 8644243150     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070360613200     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

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