Browsing Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering by Subject "Side impact"
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Evaluation of Thoracic Response in Side Impact Crash
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-29)Mitigating injury in side impact has been an important topic of research for decades. In the mid 1980’s the American government began a program intended to improve the crashworthiness of vehicles in side impact. This ... -
A Numerical Side Impact Model to Investigate Thoracic Injury in Lateral Impact Scenarios
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-27)Although there have been tremendous improvements in crash safety there has been an increasing trend in side impact fatalities, rising from 30% to 37% of total fatalities from 1975 to 2004 (NHTSA, 2004). Between 1979 and ...