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NCAP Test Improvements with Pretensioners and Load Limiters

Pages 18-25 | Received 01 Jun 2003, Accepted 01 Sep 2003, Published online: 11 Aug 2010

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Manuel Valdano, Jesús R. Jiménez-Octavio & Francisco J. Lopez-Valdes. (2023) The effect of seatbelt pre-tensioners and load limiters in the reduction of MAIS 2+, MAIS 3+, and fatal injuries in real-world frontal crashes. Accident Analysis & Prevention 190, pages 107180.
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Jason L. Forman, Francisco J. Lopez-Valdes, Sonia Duprey, Dipan Bose, Eduardo del Pozo de Dios, Damien Subit, Tim Gillispie, Jeff R. Crandall & Maria Segui-Gomez. (2015) The tolerance of the human body to automobile collision impact – a systematic review of injury biomechanics research, 1990–2009. Accident Analysis & Prevention 80, pages 7-17.
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Kristy B. Arbogast, Emily A. Mathews, Thomas Seacrist, Matthew R. Maltese, Rachel Hammond, Sriram Balasubramanian, Richard W. Kent, Hiromasa Tanji, Schuyler St. Lawrence & Kazuo Higuchi. The Effect of Pretensioning and Age on Torso Rollout in Restrained Human Volunteers in Far-Side Lateral and Oblique Loading. The Effect of Pretensioning and Age on Torso Rollout in Restrained Human Volunteers in Far-Side Lateral and Oblique Loading.
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