Vehicle Crash Mechanics
Publisher: CRC
Published: June 19, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780849301049
Subjects: Automotive technology; Mechanical engineering; Testing of materials; Transportation; Dynamics; Automotive Maintenance And Repair; Automotive; Traffic accidents; Mechanics - General; Engineering - Mechanical; Automotive - Customizing; Science / Mechanics; Automotive - Repair & Maintenance; Automobiles; Crashworthiness; Mathematics
First sentence: A basic characteristic of a vehicle structural response in crash testing and model simulation is the "crash signature," commonly referred to as the crash pulse [1] (numbers refer to references at the end of each chapter).