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Proceedings: International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles

Journal Volume: 1993
Journal Issue:
Journal Year: 1993
Articles in SafetyLit: 150

"cover" safety synthesis vehicle

"renault vss" safety vehicle: occupant safety in side impacts

3-D (three-dimensional) anatomic brain model for relating cortical strains to automobile crash loading

A collection of recent analyses of vehicle weight and safety

A comparison of hybrid iii and cadaver thorax response under diagonal belt loading

A dynamic test method for a car's interior side impact performance

A general approach to estimating frontal impact collision speeds

A new compact european driver airbag system

A preliminary field analysis of chrysler driver airbag effectiveness

A proposal for a simplified injury scale "sais 9" for use in large- scale accident studies

A resolution of side impact phenomena by means of dynamic nonlinear fem (finite element method) simulation and a study of vehicle body construction

A simple side impact test method for evaluting vehicle paddings and side structures

A simulation method of vehicle model coupling with dummy in side impact

A study of the safety performance of production vehicles equipped with driver air bags in the nhtsa (national highway traffic safety administration) test programs

A technical evaluation of motorcycle leg protectors

Achievable optimum crash pulses for compartment sensing and airbag performance

Advanced accident data collection - description and potentials of a comprehensive data collection system

Advances in problem-adaptive occupant modelling with pam-safe

Aged, used, crashed seat belts

Air bag system for side impact occupant protection

Air bags in crashes: clinical studies from field investigations

An improved finite element model of the human thorax

An intelligent solution to frontal and side impact protection

An overview of the vehicle inspectorate's database on bus, coach and goods vehicle examinations following major accidents

Analysis method for external forces acting on the dummy

Analysis of eog and eeg signals to detect lapses of alertness

Analysis of the factors which influence rollover crash severity

Analytical trauma research using the chest band

Apr proposals for child protection in cars

Are air bags compatible with child restraint systems and roadside safety features?

Avoiding sub-optimized occupant safety by multiple speed impact testing

Bonnet leading edge sub-systems test for cars to assess protection for pedestrians

Brain tolerance in the frequency field

Car model safety rating - further development using the paired comparison method

Child casualties in fatal car crashes

Collision avoidance - function allocation to humans and/or machines

Comparative performance of sid, biosid, and eurosid in lateral, pendulum, sled and car impacts

Compatibility problems of small and large passenger cars in head on collisions

Computer simulation of motorcycle airbag systems

Controlled suspension for better safety

Could a lap belt in the rear centre position save human lives?

Cover: "renault vss" safety vehicle frontal and rear impact occupant protection

Crash avoidance capability of 50 drivers in different cars on ice

Crash data plans for the united states

Crash pulse recorder (cpr) - development and evaluation of a low cost device for measuring crash pulse and delta-v in real life accidents

Crash tests - one element to assess passive safety of passenger cars

Crash-rate and door-padding effects in side impact simulations

Current situation of pedestrian accidents and research into pedestrian protection in japan

Current status of correlation between ctp (composite test procedure) and fst (full-scale test)

Cyclists and pedestrians in the netherlands: different needs of injury protection?

Data linkages in real crash analysis: a key to progress in road safety

Design considerations of the passenger airbag system

Development of a head impact test procedure for pedestrian protection

Development of a sternum displacement sensing system for hybrid iii dummy

Development of the mira (motor industry research association) free- flight headform rig to simulate occupant side-impact and pedestrian impacts

Development of tyre checking equipment

Door impact test procedure and crush characteristics for side impact occupant protection

Driver fatality risk in two-car crashes: dependence on masses of driven and striking car

Dynamic studies with chest contours

Effect of car size on the frequency and severity of rollover crashes

Engine bay packaging for crashworthiness performance

Enhanced airbag model for the atb (articulated total body) program

Eurosid i and biosid impact response characteristics vs. Iso biofidelity requirements

Evaluation of impact responses of the eurosid-1 and biosid

Evolution and current state of development of the computer-controlled composite test procedure

Experience of using eurosid-1 in car side impacts

Experimental accident simulation for improved safety of tank vehicles for dangerous goods

Facial fracture probability secondary to steering wheel impact

Factors that influence the involvement of motorcycle riders

Fatally injured occupants in side impact crashes

Finite element modelling of pedestrian head impact onto automobile hoods

Finite element simulation of airbag deployment and interactions with an occupant model using dyna3d

Frontal impact protection requires a whole safety system integration

Full size semi-frontal crash simulations with passenger cars at 55 km/h

Further crash tests of motorcycle leg protectors as proposed in the uk draft specification

Future enhancements of the computer controlled composite test procedure (cc-ctp)

How about the average driver in a critical situation? Can he really be helped by primary safety improvement?

Identification of automobile structural characteristics from barrier crash tests

Improvement in high-speed safety through active suspension control

Improvements in active safety by innovation for automatic stability control systems

Improvements in the atb/cvs (articulated total body model/crash victim simulator) body dynamics model

Improving rear seat safety - a continuing process

Improving the protection of restrained front seat occupants in frontal crashes

Inadequate head and neck protection of child seats

Influence of electromagnetic fields radiated by lighting discharges on automotive electronic components

Influence of rigid wall impact speed on dummy and vehicle loadings

Influence of test procedure characteristics on the severity during side impacts

Influence of the seat and head rest stiffness on the risk of cervical injuries in rear impact

Initial conclusions of an international task force on child restraining systems

Large truck safety in the u.S

Light truck side impacts with serious occupant injury

Manufacturer's overview of rollover resistance test technology

Micro-level analysis of large truck accidents in a freeway environment

Modelling the occupant in a vehicle context - an integrated approach

New aspects for optimizing child restraint systems: experiences from accidents, trolley tests and interviews

New concept of brake for heavy duty vehicle

New technique used by p.S.A. For creating dynamic test apparatus enabling crash simulation in accordance with programmed laws

Occupant protection in coaches

Opportunities in automotive safety: a public health perspective

Optimized passenger safety in the compact class

Parameters affecting the performance of framed child seats

Parametric study on the side impact simulation of renault vss

Passenger protection in single and double-decker coaches in tipping over

Patterns and causes of serious injury amongst car occupants

Performance evaluation of crash test data acquisition systems

Pivotal characterization of car rollovers

Proposals for test methods to evaluate pedestrian protection for cars

Protection of occupants against side impact

PSA project "For a safer road"

Reliability, maintainability and durability of heavy truck abs systems

Results of mvma (motor vehicle manufacturers association) full vehicle side impact tests on 1990 model year pontiac 6000 vehicles using biosid and sid

Roof collapse and the risk of severe head and neck injury

Scaling hybrid iii and human kinematic responses to frontal impact

Seat belt pretensioners to avoid the risk of submarining - a study of lap-belt slippage factors

Side impact into a fixed object: what is at stake?

Side protection and child restraints - accident data and laboratory test including new test methods

Simulation as a design aid

Special product/person cvs-atb (crash victim simulation-articulated total body) 3-d (three dimensional) simulations

Structural considerations in air bag sensor activation at low threshold test speed

Study on passenger car rollover simulation

Subsystem test for pedestrian lower leg and knee protection

Supplemental air bag restraint systems: successes and challenges

Survey of car-to-fixed-obstacle fatal crashes

Technical and medical aspects influencing a motorist's driver ability

Test procedure comparison in frontal impact

Test procedures for defining biofidelity targets for lateral impact test dummies

The biofidelity of the production version of the european side impact dummy "eurosid-1"

The cause of head injuries in real world crashes

The development of a computer program to enhance the fit of seat belts

The development of a method for dynamic simulation of side impacts using a hyge accelerator - the s.I.D.E. Procedure

The effect of door structure on occupant injury in side impact

The effect of dummy leg design on motorcycle crash test results

The effect of the vehicle structure's characteristics

The effects of fmvss no.208 and ncap (new car assessment programme) on safety as determined from crash test results

The incidence of multiple injuries in motor vehicle crashes

The madymo finite element airbag model

The nhtsa (national highway traffic safety administration) ivhs (intelligent vehicle highway systems) programme for enhancing safety through crash avoidance improvement

The protective effect of airbags and padding in side impacts - evaluation by a new subsystem test method

The urban rollover: characteristics, injuries, seat-belts and ejection

The use of a multi-accelerometric method in automotive safety tests

The use of crash injury research data by the vehicle inspectorate to identify secondary safety concerns

Traction control technology for improved driving safety

Typical risk situations in car to truck accidents - the necessity of improving the conspicuity of trucks

Unitas 2000 - environment and nature protection related integrated tanker safety

Upper interior head impacts: the safety performance of passenger vehicles

Validation and description of "passim-plus" passenger airbag model

Various aspects on crashworthiness calculations

Vehicle safety in the 1990's

Wheelchair and occupant restraint system for use in buses

Wheels anti-lock systems for big series passenger cars