Vehicle structural design strategies for enhanced safety in side impact collision

One of the major challenges for automotive engineers is to provide adequate protection to motor vehicle occupants involved in side impact collisions. Although, side impacts are less frequent than frontals, to both the occupant and vehicle designer they are as serious because the number and severity...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Asadkarami, Ali
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31207