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These are the seven papers from the Crashworthiness and Occupant Protection” and “Ergonomics” sessions of the SAE Meeting held in Detroit in November 2002. They cover: an integrated modular approach for building a vehicle finite-element model; the effect of barrier type on rail deformation pattern; criteria and construction of truck beds; testing dynamic effects of vehicle seats; humanseat interactions; anthropometric study of US truck drivers; air-inflated vs. foam seat cushions for truck seats. |