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Analysis of mechanics of side impact test defined in UN/ECE Regulation 129

Pawel Baranowski1, Krzysztof Damaziak1, Lukasz Mazurkiewicz1

  • 1a Military University of Technology , Warsaw , Poland.

Traffic Injury Prevention
|September 15, 2017
PubMed
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Keywords:
Safety standardschild restraint systemscrash simulationside impact

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