Vehicle pedestrian head impacts : a computer method for rating a profile without previous mathematical modelization.

Author(s)
Lestrelin, D. Brun- Cassan, F. Fayon, A. & Tarrière, C.
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Abstract

No method based on experiments is convenient for evaluating globally the potential risk of a given vehicle for the whole population of pedestrians at risk, which encompasses the smallest children and the tallest adults simultaneously, when a large range of impact speeds has to be considered. This paper describes first a recently improved mathematical method for defining the head trajectories yielded by experimental simulations or by a validated mathematical model. Then, a computer program is presented that simultaneously uses this method and statistical data concerning real accidents.

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B 27373 (In: B 27275 [electronic version only]) /84 /91 / IRRD 801639
Source

In: 10th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles, Oxford, England, July 1-4, 1985, p. 949-954, 4 ref.

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