Citation

Buzeman-Jewkes DG, Viano DC, Loevsund P. Crash Prev. Injury Control 1999; 1(2): 143-154.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Publisher Overseas Publishers Association - Gordon and Breach)

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Abstract

Vehicle acceleration and passenger compartment intrusion primarily determine car occupant injury risk.  A new integrated vehicle-occupant model was developed and validated to predict these vehicle responses in offset, concentrated or full-width impact with various objects.  The multi-body mathematical model consisted of a compartment, dash-panel and toepan-area and a front structure.  The front structure was subdivided in 12 segments and a power train, which were connected to the firewall by kinematic joints.