A practical method based on simplified occupant and vehicle models and empirical description of material properties is presented. The models focus on essential geometry and inertia parameters. A constitutive equation for an actual foam rubber is derived from the results of laboratory tests.
In: Mathematical simulation of occupant and vehicle kinematics. Government/Industry Meeting and Exposition, Washington D.C., May 21-24, 1984, p. 121-135, fig., graph., tab., ref.; SAE paper No. 840866.
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