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Proceedings: International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles

Journal Volume: 2001
Journal Issue:
Journal Year: 2001
Articles in SafetyLit: 241

5-years status report of the advanced offset frontal crash protection

A comparative analysis of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-rigid fixed barrier frontal impacts

A comparison between biorid and hybrid iii head/neck/torso response in middle speed sled rear impact tests

A consideration on barrier face specifications of side impact mdb

A methodology using a combined injury criteria index to study the performance of various driver restraint system configurations

A new approach to modelling vehicle interactions with roadside restraint systems

A new neck injury criterion candidate for rear-end collisions taking into account shear forces and bending moments

A new test method for the assessment of neck injuries in rear-end collisions

A preliminary evaluation of passenger airbag effectiveness in australia

A stochastic approach for the simulation of an integrated vehicle and occupant model

A study of the upper leg component tests compared with pedestrian dummy tests

A systems modeling methodology for estimation of harm in the automotive crash environment

A tibial mid-shaft injury mechanism in frontal automotive crashes

Acceleration pulses and crash severity in low velocity rear impacts - real world data and barrier tests

Accidents and near-misses analysis by using video drive-recorders in a fleet test

Accidents with vans and box-type trucks (transporters): results from official statistics and real-life crash analyses

Active night vision - enhancement of the driver's view by infrared headlamps

Active safety experiments with common drivers for the specification of active safety systems

Advanced driver airbag system

Advanced roof design for rollover protection

Advances in numerical modelling of crash dummies

Aggressivity variables and their sensitivity in car aggressivity ratings

Airbag efficiency in frontal real world accidents

Ambulance crashworthiness and occupant dynamics in vehicle-to-vehicle crash tests: preliminary report

An algorithm for rear-end collision avoidance warning systems

An evaluation of the benefits of active restraint systems in frontal impacts through computer modelling and dynamic testing

Analysis of crossing path crash countermeasure systems

Analysis of occupant protection provided to 50th percentile male dummies sitting mid-track and 5th percentile female dumnmies sitting full-forward in crash tests of paired vehicles with redesigned air bag systems

Analysis of upper extremity response under side air bag loading

Analytical evaluation of an advanced integrated safety seat design in frontal, rear, side and rollover crashes

Application of a driver model in computer simulation of a car motion

Assessment of the use of seat belts in buses based on recent road traffic accidents in spain

Automated crash notification via the wireless web: system design and validation

Biofidelity of test devices and validity of injury criteria for evaluating knee injuries to pedestrians

Body part study from real life accidents for a new sid (side impact dummy)

Cae methods for simulating fmvss 201 interior head impact tests

Characterization of ciren

Characterization of leg injuries from motor vehicle impacts

Child injury tolerance through case reconstruction

Child restraint system for children in cars - crest results

Closure and trim design for pedestrian impact

Collision avoidance capabilities of older drivers and improvement by warning presentations

Comparative analysis of several vehicle safety rating systems

Comparison of euro ncap test results with folksam car model safety ratings

Comparison of euroncap assessments with injury causation in accidents

Comparison of head and thorax cadaver and hybrid iii responses to a frontal sled deceleration for the validation of a car occupant mathematical model

Computer simulation of impact test and injury criteria analysis by using sensitivity analysis

Consumer information - world wide harmony?

Crash visualization using real-world acceleration data

Current front stiffness of european vehicles with regard to compatibility

Daytime running lights (drls) - a north american success story

Design and evaluation of the worldsid prototype dummy

Design engineering with foams and plastics to enhance vehicle safety

Development and evaluation of a human lower extremity model

Development and evaluation of the es-2 side impact dummy

Development and validation of the urgency algorithm to predict compelling injuries

Development of a crashworthy system: interaction between car structural integrity, restraint systems and guardrails

Development of a dynamic testing procedure to assess crashworthiness of the rear patient compartment of ambulance vehicles

Development of a whiplash injury reducing seat system using biorid ii dummy

Development of cae simulated crash pulses for airbag sensor algorithm/calibration in frontal impacts

Development of criteria and standards for vehicle compatibility

Development of detailed finite element models of child restraint systems for occupant protection

Development of new underride guards for enhancement of compatibility between trucks and cars

Development of performance specifications for the occupant classification anthropometric test device (ocatd)

Development of the nissan asv-2

Difficulties in determining the cause of real-world crash injuries: a case study of a nass investigation

Distance behaviour on motorways with regard to active safety - a comparison between adaptive cruise control (acc) and driver

Driver assistance through lighting

Driver characteristic using driving monitoring recorder

Driver out-of-position injuries mitigation and advanced restraint features development

Dutch in-depth accident investigation: first experiences and analysis results for motorcycles and mopeds

Dynamic characteristics of end release seat belt buckles

Dynamic response analysis of the thor-lx dummy lower extremity

Eevc research in the field of improvement of crash compatibility between passenger cars

Eevc status report

Effects of angles and offsets in crash simulations of automobiles with light trucks

Effects of geometry and stiffness on the frontal compatibility of utility vehicles

Effects of seat back force-deflection properties on injuries for both front and rear seat occupants in rear impacts

Effects of speech versus tactile driver support messages on driving behaviour and workload

Empirical comparison of vehicle aggressivity rating systems

Enhancement of seat performance in low-speed rear impact

Enhancing post-crash vehicle safety through an automatic collision notification system

Esv '01 government of canada status report

Esv 2001 - government status report from the netherlands: exploring the role of telematics in road safety, a dutch perspective

Esv 2001 - italian government status report

Euroncap - views and suggestions for improvements

European commission

Evaluating structural foam as an alternative to steel in a front offset cae analysis

Evaluation of a new pedestrian head injury protection system with a sensor in the bumper and lifting of the bonnet's rear part

Evaluation of frontal offset/oblique crash test conditions

Evaluation of injury risk from side impact air bags

Evaluation of lower limb injury mitigation from inflatable carpet in sled tests with intrusion using the thor lx

Evaluation of new technologies to improve truck safety performance (high safety vehicle project)

Evaluation of the effect of air bags in multi-year light truck ncap tests

Evaluation of the es-2 dummy in representative side impacts

Evaluation of vehicle compatibility in various frontal impact configurations

Excessive yaw behaviour of commercial vehicles, a fundamental approach

Experimental research on truck driver's safety in frontal collision

Exploratory study of an airbag concept for a large touring motorcycle: further research

Extraction of information from noisy 3-year-old atd response signals in static out-of-position airbag tests

Factors and ststus of motorcycle airbag feasibility research

Final report - the pedestrian crash data study

Finite element simulation of drive shaft in truck/suv frontal crash

Foundations and elements of the nhtsa thor alpha atd design

Front underrun protection systems for trucks. Considerations about the bullet and target vehicles for a test procedure

Frontal offset deformable barrier crash testing and its effect on vehicle stiffness

Fuzzy logic control of intelligent vehicle systems

Geometric compatibility in near side impact crashes

Government status report - australia

Government status report - poland

Government status report - united states

Government status report, sweden

Harmonisation of australian ncap with euroncap - lessons learned

How soon to brake and how hard to brake: unified analysis of the envelope of opportunity for rear-end collision warnings

Human head-neck kinematic response to impact acceleration: comparison of oblique to combined frontal and lateral response

Human injury modelling - capabilities and limitations

Humos: human model for safety - a joint effort towards the development of refined human-like car occupant models

Hybrid iii dummy neck response to air bag loading

Improved design for frontal protection

Improved safety for drivers and couriers of coaches

Improved side impact protection (isip) in australia: overview of a collaborative approach

Improved side impact protection: the development of injury assessment functions

Improved theory behaviour of the eurosid and effects on thorax injury assessment, on the basis of pendulum impacts

Improvements to pedestrian protection as exemplified on a standard-sized car

Influence of a passenger dummy on consumer rating in offset frontal ncap crash testing

Influence of body intrusion and deceleration on occupant injuries in frontal collisions between passenger cars

Injury and deformation trends with offset crash tests

Injury risk functions for individual car models

Intelligent speed adaptation: the best collision avoidance system?

International harmonised research activities side impact working group. Status report

International harmonized research activities - report of working group on intelligent transport systems (its)

Investigation on the influence of lateral side impact against curbstones on side airbag sensing

Japan government status report

Japanese research activity on future side impact test procedures

Jncap: developing overall rating protocol

Jncap: today and tomorrow

Large school bus safety restraint evaluation

Large truck crash data collection

Lower extremity injuries and associated injury criteria

Lower extremity response and trauma assessment using the thor-lx/hiiir and the denton leg in frontal offset vehicle crashes

Lower extremity response of the thor-lx compared to the hybrid-iii lower leg in frontal barrier crash tests

Mass data evaluation of the importance of structural and mass related aggressivity

Measurements of stiffness and geometric compatibility in front-to-side crashes

Modular door system for side impact safety of motor vehicles

Motorcycle braking and its influence on severity of injury

National advanced driving simulator system architecture

Ncap - field relevance of the metrics

New headlamp concepts as key to optimisation of vehicle front ends in consideration of pedestrian protection

NHTSA driver distraction research: past, present, and future

Nhtsa's crashworthiness modeling activities

Nhtsa's research program for vehicle aggressivity and fleet compatibility

Old car crash test program

Parameter study on different factors influencing lower extremity injuries

Parametric study of side impact thoracic injury criteria using the madymo human body model

Pedestrian and cyclist protection on road vehicles with high or flat fronts

Pedestrian headform impact tests for various vehicle locations

Pedestrian injury protection in australia if vehicles achieved a higher pedestrian star rating

Pedestrian protection - an evaluation of an airbag system through modelling and testing

Pedestrian safety upper legform bumper impact simulation

Performance criteria, design and crash tests of effective rear underride barriers for heavy vehicles

Performance evaluation of dual stage passenger air bag systems

Performance of the prototype worldsid dummy in side impact crash tests

Potential effectiveness of electronic stability programs (esp) - what european field studies tell us

Potentials of adaptive load limitation. Presentation and system validation of the adaptive load limiter

Presenting the results of vehicle dynamics simulation in virtual 3d environment

Pressure and shear responses in brain injury models

Progress of passive safety in car-to-car frontal collisions: results from real-life crash analyses and from crash tests

Proposed four 1/4 turn metric to simulate rollover crashes

Protection of the lower extremities in two and three wheelers with safety cell

Psa's views on compatibility: a potential two-step approach to improve compatibility among the vehicle fleet

Quality criteria for crashworthiness assessment from real-world crashes

Real-world perceptions of emerging event data recorder (edr) technologies

Rear-end collision warning system field operational test - status report

Rear-end collision warning system field operational test - status report

Reconsideration of injury criteria for pedestrian subsystem legform test - problems of rigid legform impactor

Renault faurecia: methodology for design of the seat as a restraint system

Requirements for the evaluation of the risk of injury to the ankle in car impact tests

Research on a brake assist system with a preview function

Research on bus passenger safety in frontal impacts

Research progress on improved side impact protection: eevc wg13 progress report

Residual effects of metal forming: their effect on crash results

Response and vulnerability of the ankle joint in simulated footwell intrusion experiments - a study with cadavers and dummies

Review of australian ncap since esv 1998

Risk-benefit analysis methods for vehicle safety devices

Rollover: a methodology for restraint system development

Safety benefits of improvements in vehicle design since the introduction of the ancap crash test program

Scenario definition and control for the national advanced driving simulator

Side airbags: evaluating the benefits and risks for restrained children

Side impact air bags - the general motors approach

Simon: a simulated injury monitor; application to head injury assessment

Simplified models for passive safety engineering

Simulation of rear end impact with a full body human model with a detailed neck: role of passive muscle properties and initial seating posture

Simulation of truck rear underrun barrier impact

Simulations of large school bus safety restraints - nhtsa

Speed limit in city area and improvement of vehicle front design for pedestrian impact protection - a computer simulation study

Static out-of-position test methodologies: identifying a realistic worst case for small stature female drivers

Status report and future development of the euro ncap programme

Status report by the federal republic of germany

Status report of france

Status report on ihra vehicle compatibility working group

Steering column movement in severe frontal crashes and its potential effect on airbag performance

Structural front unit global approach

Study of airbag interference with out of position occupant by computer simulation

Study of improved safety for minibuses by better seat and occupant retention

Study on car-to-car side impact

Summary of ihra pedestrian safety wg activities - proposed test methods to evaluate pedestrian protection afforded by passenger cars

Surveys of child restraint use in new south wales

Tendencies recognition and analysis of critical situations by the active safety systems

Test procedures to evaluate vehicle compatibility

The analysis of dutch national data on heavy truck accidents: the necessary extension of traditional frequency counts with logistic regression analysis

The contributive benefits that state-of-the-art sound generation technology provides for advanced technology safety systems in the nads program

The correlation between crash pulse characteristics and duration of symptoms to the neck - crash recording in real life rear impacts

The crash and field performance of side-mounted airbag systems

The crest project accident data base

The dependence of side impact injury risk on mdb configuration

The development of a new class of two-wheeler vehicles

The effect of active muscle tension on the axial injury tolerance of the human foot/ankle complex

The effect of occupant characteristics on injury risk and the development of active-adapative restraint systems

The effectiveness of airbags in australia as determined by in-depth crash injury research

The electronic belt-fit test device (ebtd): a method for certifying safe seat belt fit

The emerging threat of light truck impacts with pedestrians

The essential requirements for compatible cars in frontal collisions

The influence of a rear tire tread separation on a vehicle's stability and control

The influence of rear loading on the protection of child car occupants in child restraints

The investigation and modelling of corkscrew rollovers

The methodology of on the spot accident investigations in the uk

The necessity of an adaptive vehicle structure to optimize deceleration pulses for different crash velocities

The potential gain to be achieved by generalization of seat belts and airbags in trucks

The role of innovation and statistical methodology in safety assessment projects

The u.S. New car assessment program (ncap): past, present and future

The virtual prototype of an off-road vehicle

The vision of a comprehensive safety concept

Tor (total occupant recognition) system

Traffic accidents in rural area and assistance system for traffic safety

Traffic safety of heavy vehicles (accident analysis, accident reconstruction)

Unique features and capabilities of the nads motion system

United kingdom - status report

Vehicle compatibility in car-to-car frontal offset crash

Vehicle deformation in real-world side impact crashes and regulatory crash tests

Virtual night drive

Virtual testing driven development process for side impact safety