Crashworthiness: Energy Management and Occupant Protection

Authors: Jorge A.C. Ambrosio
Publisher: Springer
Edition: 1
Publish Year: 2001
ISBN: 9783211833346

From the fundamentals of impact mechanics and biomechanics to modern analysis and design techniques in impact energy management and occupant protection this book provides an overview of the application of nonlinear finite elements, conceptual modeling and multibody procedures, impact biomechanics, injury mechanisms, occupant mathematical modeling, and human surrogates in crashworthiness.