@article{ref1,
title="Pedestrian impact simulation - a preliminary study",
journal="Proceedings of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury conference",
year="1983",
author="Verma, M.k. and Repa, B.s.",
volume="11",
number="",
pages="15-30",
abstract="This paper describes some results obtained from analytical three-dimensional motion simulations of child and adult pedestrians impacted by an automobile. The baseline geometric and stiffness parameters used in this simulation correspond to a typical mid-size vehicle, the latter being measured by a dynamic impactor developed for this study. The effects of variation of several of the vehicle's front-end design parameters on the impact severities of a 50th-percentile male adult and a 6-year-old child pedestrian are studied using experimental design techniques. Both the main effects and the first-order interactions among the parameters are investigated, and it is shown that the countermeasure suggested for reducing adult pedestrians' injuries could aggravate child pedestrians' injuries. (Author/TRRL)<p />",
language="en",
issn="2235-3151",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}