International Journal of Crashworthiness

Weltweit verbreitete, seit 1996 erscheinende Fachzeitschrift, die von der Taylor & Francis Group verlegt wird. Es wird nicht nur über das Crashverhalten von Landfahrzeugen, sondern auch von Schiffen, Flugzeugen und Raumfahrzeugen berichtet.
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2015

Issue 6

Issue 5

• Parametrised fuselage modelling to evaluate aircraft crash behaviour in early design stages
• Rollover testing with volunteer live human subject
• Improving safety of runway overrun through foamed concrete aircraft arresting system: an experimental study
• Crash simulations of aircraft fuselage section in water impact and comparison with solid surface impact
• A concept for mitigating head injury under translational blunt impact
• Parametric study and multi-objective crashworthiness optimisation of reinforced hexagonal honeycomb under dynamic loadings
• Occupant severity prediction from simulation of small car impact with various concrete barrier profiles

Issue 4

• Rollover protection for occupants of heavy truck sleeper cabs
• Dynamic response of bird strike on aluminium foam-based sandwich panels
• Incidences of various passenger vehicle front-end designs on pedestrian lower limb injuries
• Use of a modified HYBRID III 50th dummy to estimate the effectiveness of market restraint systems for forklift truck drivers
• Development of new deformable barriers for testing vehicle performance in different crash configurations
• Analytical, experimental and numerical study of a graded honeycomb structure under in-plane impact load with low velocity
• Optimal design of a crashworthy octagonal thin-walled sandwich tube under oblique loading

Issue 3

• Finite-element modelling of restrained occupant partial ejection under rollover conditions
• Development of a mobility scooter finite element model
• Analysis of test tools for evaluation of contact-based sensor systems for pedestrian detection
• Investigation of occupant arm position and door properties on thorax kinematics in side impact crash scenarios – comparison of ATD (anthropomorphic test device) and human models
• Improvement research on the one-step algorithm for bus rollover collision based on the improved gradient method
• Crashworthiness study on functionally graded thin-walled structures
• Dynamic strength of a modified W-beam BCT trailing-end termination system

Issue 2

• Increasing automobile crash response metamodel accuracy through adjusted cross validation error based on outlier analysis
• Evaluation of the vehicle/safety barrier/sign support interaction by means of FEM simulations
• Evaluation of effective mass during head impact due to standing falls
• Numerical study of a hybrid wire-net bonnet for pedestrian safety
• Crash simulation of wound composite tubes based on multi-level modelling
• Estimating the crash responses of a vehicle from the other size vehicle tested
• Experimental and numerical crushing analyses of thin-walled magnesium profiles
• Determination of the fracture behaviour of axial splitting tubes and the numerical prediction of their energy absorption capabilities
• Modelling a 32-seat bus and virtual testing for R66 compliance

Issue 1

• Parametric study for head injury criteria response of three-year olds in a child restraint system in oblique and lateral intrusive side impact
• Gabions: evaluation of potential as low-cost roadside barriers
• Numerical analysis of low-velocity rigid-body impact response of composite panels
• Multi-objective optimisation of functionally graded honeycomb filled crash boxes under oblique impact loading
• Predicting the crushing behaviour of composite material using high-fidelity finite element modelling
• Simulating occupant injury in rollover crashes. Part 1: a numerical comparison of design procedures for vehicle roof strength assessment
• Energy absorption of circular aluminium tubes with functionally graded thickness under axial impact loading

2014

Issue 6

• Research on the crashworthy structures of subway vehicles
• Another look at the static stability factor (SSF) in predicting vehicle rollover
• Impact severity assessment in vehicle accidents
• Crash performance of a preemie positioning device to enhance infant safety in vehicles
• Improvement of crush can configuration
• Crash-level analysis on passenger cars’ total secondary safety
• Impact performance evaluation of MASH TL4 bridge barrier
• Numerical simulation of crash impact test for fuel cell group of rotorcraft

Issue 5

• Restraint device for airway management in low-birthweight infants
• Kinematics and injury risk of a wheelchair occupant in a railway vehicle crash
• Development of finite element model for the analysis of a guardrail post subjected to dynamic lateral loading
• A static test method to assess swivel seat strength in frontal impact
• Survey of LATCH vehicle hardware
• Material modelling for crash simulation of thin extruded aluminium sections
• Bumper contact sensor for pedestrian collisions based on analysis of pedestrian kinematic behaviour
• Investigation of a crash concept for CFRP transport aircraft based on tension absorption
• Physical and empirical models for motorcycle speed estimation from crush

Issue 4

• Bicycle helmet modelling and validation under linear and tangential impacts
• Crashworthiness and lightweight optimisation of thin-walled conical tubes subjectedto an oblique impact
• Effect of humidity on dynamic characteristics of foam CF45 for the TRL pedestrian legform impactor
• Evaluation of energy loss in motorcycle-to-car collisions
• An experimental and numerical investigation into the dynamic crash testing of vehicle bumper fabricated using friction stir welding and gas metal arc welding
• Optimisation design of reinforced S-shaped frame structure under axial dynamic loading
• Coupled human body and side impact model to predict thoracic response
• Development of compatibility assessments for full-width and offset frontal impact test procedures in FIMCAR (Frontal Impact and Compatibility Assessment Research)

Issue 3

• Innovative passive and active countermeasures for near side crash safety
• In-depth real-world bicycle accident reconstructions
• Development of a 3-year-old child head–neck finite element model and derivation of novel head injury criterion
• Development and validation of an FE model for motorcycle–car crash test simulations
• Evaluation of two crew module boilerplate tests using newly developed calibration metrics
• Research on a one-step fast simulation algorithm for bus rollover collision based on total strain theory
• A finite element analysis of high-energy absorption cellular materials in enhancing passive safety of road vehicles in side-impact accidents
• Comparison of MADYMO and physical models for brain injury reconstruction
• A new metamodel method using Gaussian process based bias function for vehicle crashworthiness design

Issue 2

• Development of head injury risk functions based on real-world accident reconstruction
• Possibility of installing a data acquisition system in a pedestrian headform impactor
• Numerical investigation of the energy absorption characteristics of a fan-shaped deployable energy absorber
• Energy absorption characteristics of aluminium alloy AA7XXX and AA6061 tubes subjected to static and dynamic axial load
• Optimisation of vehicle front-end geometry for adult and pediatric pedestrian protection
• Nonlinear finite element analysis applied to the development of alpine ski safety net
• Influence of elastic and plastic support on the energy absorption of the extruded aluminium tube using ductile failure criterion
• Development of an occupant multi-body model based on Japanese male characteristics data for rear impact analysis
• Front underride protection device (FUPD) development: design strategy with simultaneous loading

Issue 1

• Framework for adjusting for both stress triaxiality and mesh size effect for failure of metals in shell structures
• Effect of the blockout crushability on the response of guardrail post subjected to lateral impact
• Evaluation of crashworthiness of a carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) ladder frame in a body-on-frame vehicle
• Geometrical compatibility in structural shape optimisation for crashworthiness
• Similarity scoring methodology for comparing real-world cases to crash test standards
• The effect of mass properties on road accident reconstruction
• Development of a regulation for testing the effectiveness of a rigid side underride protection device (SUPD)

2013

Issue 6

• Shoulder belt-induced flexion–distraction fractures of the cervical spine
• Crash response optimisation of helicopter seat and subfloor
• Development of an advanced multi-material bird-strike model using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics method
• Adaptive structure concept for reduced crash pulse severity in frontal collisions
• An approach to capture the residual strength of laminated safety glass according to the FMVSS 226 load case Ejection Mitigation with the finite-element software LS-DYNA
• Study of the bending response of metal foam-filled beams applied to enhance the rollover behaviour of coach structures
• Evaluation of methods for the development of representative responses and corridors from biomechanical data using mechanical models
• Validation of restoration time for pedestrian headform impactor skin

Issue 5

• Fast strength assessment of mitre gates to ship impact
• Development of a new crash/dynamics control integrated mathematical model for crashworthiness enhancement of vehicle structures
• Research on effects of composite skin on crashworthiness of composite fuselage section
• Emergency landing dynamic conditions: a comparison with accident impact conditions
• Surrogate-based optimisation of automotive structures under multiple crash and vibration design criteria
• A stability maintenance method and experiments for multi-player tandem aluminium honeycomb array
• Rollover crashworthiness analysis of a railroad passenger car
• Computer simulations of obesity effects on occupant injury in frontal impacts
• Human rib response to different restraint systems in frontal impacts: a study using a human body model
• The safety performance of guardrail systems: review and analysis of crash tests data
• About the preliminary design of a self-aligning energy absorber system for railway vehicles

Issue 4

• Buckling considerations and cross-sectional geometry development for topology optimised body in white
• Adaptive sampling-based RBDO method for vehicle crashworthiness design using Bayesian metric and stochastic sensitivity analysis with independent random variables
• Racetrack SAFER barrier on temporary concrete barriers
• Influence of pitching and yawing during frontal passenger vehicle crash tests on driver occupant's kinematics and injury
• Surface material effects on fall-induced paediatric head injuries: a combined approach of testing, modelling and optimisation
• A methodology for improving structural robustness in frontal car-to-car crash scenarios
• Go-kart-related injuries and fatalities in Australia
• Dynamic testing and modelling of composite fuselage frames and fasteners for aircraft crash simulations

Issue 3

• Selected Papers from ICRASH 2010-2012: Validation of a dynamic rollover test device
• Influence of vehicle secondary impact following an emergency braking on an unbelted occupant's neck, head and thorax injuries
• The uncertain optimisation of buffering characteristics of landing airbag in manned airdrop
• Multibody modelling of gabion beams for impact applications
• Selected Papers from ICRASH 2010-2012: Wavelet analysis of piezoelectric transducer signals to detect rib fractures during impact tests
• Hexagonal honeycomb cell optimisation by way of meta-model techniques
• Selected Papers from ICRASH 2010-2012: Considering manufacturing effects in automotive structural crashworthiness: A simulation chaining approach
• Selected Papers from ICRASH 2010-2012: Applications and limitations of wrap-around ratio to vehicle speed estimation in pedestrian collision analysis
• An investigation of inertial unlatching of side-release seat belt buckles using computational modelling
• CORRIGENDUM: A scaling method for modelling the crashworthiness of novel roadside barrier designs

Issue 2

• Selected Papers from ICRASH 2010-2012: Application of fibre-reinforced composites beam as energy absorption member in vehicle
• Placement of traffic barriers on roadside and median slopes – guidelines based on numerical simulations
• Heavy vehicle frontal sled crash test analysis – chest deflection response in the Hybrid III dummy
• Influence of impacts on static and low-cycle fatigue characteristics of composite specimens
• Vehicle occupant movement and impact with the interior in frontal collisions – the ‘second collision’
• Composite cylinders of natural gas vehicles simulation crash test
• Use of Euler parameters for the evaluation of ATD head trajectory from angular rate sensor and accelerometer data in aircraft seat certification testing
• Analysis of train driver protection in rail collisions: Part I. Evaluation of injury outcome for train driver in desk impact
• Analysis of train driver protection in rail collisions: Part II. Design of a desk with improved crashworthiness performance

Issue 1

• Selected Papers from ICRASH 2010-2012: Investigation into suitability of current ATDs (Anthropomorphic Test Devices) to represent ageing drivers
• Determining the strain rate dependence of cortical and cancellous bones of human tibia using a Split Hopkinson pressure bar
• Crash simulation of the fuselage section with central wing box for a regional jet
• Numerical and experimental investigation of a lightweight bonnet for pedestrian safety
• Selected Papers from ICRASH 2010-2012: Development and validation of a coupled head-neck FEM – application to whiplash injury criteria investigation
• Experimental method for dynamic residual strength characterisation of aircraft sandwich structures
• Energy absorption characteristics of glass/epoxy nano composite laminates by impact loading
• A scaling method for modelling the crashworthiness of novel roadside barrier designs

2012

Issue 6

• Investigation of motorcyclist safety systems contributions to prevent cervical spine injuries using HUMOS model
• Selected Papers from ICRASH 2010-2012: Numerical investigation into the collapse behaviour of an aluminium egg-box under quasi-static loading
• Computational modelling of vehicle interior components for impact applications: moulding residual stress
• Development and validation of a parametric child anthropomorphic test device model representing 6–12-year-old children
• Influence of impact velocity on energy absorption characteristics and friction coefficient of expansion tube
• The failure modelling of knee ligaments in the finite element model
• Numerical study on the influence of superstructure configuration on coach rollover resistance performance
• Characteristics of fatal single-vehicle crashes in Europe
• Crashworthiness of composite inserts in vehicle structure
• Reconstruction and simulation of the vehicle to road safety barrier oblique collision based on the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm

Issue 5

• Analysis of the behaviour of biker protection devices for roadside barriers
• Performance of polymeric reinforcements in vehicle structures submitted to frontal impact
• Weight-saving potential of open- and closed-cell functionally graded foams under compressive loading
• Projectile impact testing of glass fiber-reinforced composite and layered corrugated aluminium and aluminium foam core sandwich panels: a comparative study
• Crash and structural analyses of an aluminium railroad passenger car
• Multi-objective optimisation design of a double-chamber airbag landing system with structure-selection techniques
• Calibrating material parameters to model the thin-walled components made of die cast AM60B magnesium alloy
• Effects of pedestrian gait, vehicle-front geometry and impact velocity on kinematics of adult and child pedestrian head
• The effect of impact speed on the HIC obtained in pedestrian headform tests

Issue 4

• Numerical investigation of energy absorbers in composite materials for automotive applications
• Dynamic response of the leading edge wing under soft body impact
• A tunable hand biofidelity-enhancing device for Hybrid III dummies
• Body deformation study in a Formula One race car crashing into a rigid barrier at different crash angles
• Development of granular-medium-based impact energy management system
• Assessment of the protective performance of hood using head FE model in car-to-pedestrian collisions
• Pregnant driver injury investigations in oblique crashes
• Analytical models versus experimental results for composites containing nanoclay as secondary reinforcement under high velocity impact
• Effect of bird geometry and orientation on bird-target impact analysis using SPH method

Issue 3

• FE analysis of child occupant kinematics in CRS (child restraint system) in side oblique impact
• Assessment of pedestrian head impact dynamics in small sedan and large SUV collisions
• Crashworthiness optimisation of vehicle structures with magnesium alloy parts
• Energy absorption behaviours of CSM-based GFRC plates with hemispherical features
• Application of FRP in a vehicle for Student Formula SAE Competition of Japan
• FE modelling of a motorcycle tyre for full-scale crash simulations
• Effect of length on crashworthiness parameters and failure modes of steel and hybrid tube made by steel and GFRP under low velocity impact
• Mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of closed-cell PVC foams
• Effects of table design in railway carriages on pregnant occupant safety

Issue 2

• The case for a dynamic rollover test
• An innovative method for categorising the contributing factors to intersection crashes using fault tree modelling
• Finite element analysis of kinematic behaviour and injuries to pedestrians in vehicle collisions
• Impact crash analyses of an off-road utility vehicle – part I: validation of finite-element model for body structure
• Impact crash analyses of an off-road utility vehicle – part II: simulation of frontal pole, pole side, rear barrier and rollover impact crashes
• Comparison of vehicle kinematics and occupant responses between Jordan rollover system and an over-the-road rollover
• The newly updated FMVSS 216 roof crush modelling and analysis
• Modelling and validation of motorcyclist helmet with composite shell
• Truck frontal underride protection – compatibility factors influencing passenger car safety

Issue 1

• Behaviour of high bumper vehicles in pedestrian scenarios with full finite element human models
• Improved car occupant safety by expandable A-pillars
• Crashworthiness investigation of conical and cylindrical end-capped tubes under quasi-static crash loading
• Effects of roof crush loading scenario upon body in white using topology optimisation
• Effect of humidity on pedestrian legform impactor-to-car bumper impact test results
• Behaviour of helmets during head impact in real accident cases of motorcyclists
• Wood–steel structure for roadside safety barriers
• Case study of a frontal car accident involving three fatally injured children

2011

Issue 6

• Test system, vehicle and occupant response repeatability evaluation in rollover crash tests: the deceleration rollover sled test
• A study on inversion of metallic thin-walled conical shells
• Evaluation of the effective mass of the body for helmet impacts
• Comprehensive computational rollover sensitivity study, Part 1: influence of vehicle pre-crash parameters on crash kinematics and roof crush
• Evaluation of the kinematics and injury potential to different sizes of pedestrians impacted by a utility vehicle with a frontal guard
• Injury severity of occupants in lateral collisions in standard and small vehicles: Analysis of ITARDA's (Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis) in-depth investigation data
• Multi-objective optimisation and sensitivity analysis of a paratransit bus structure for rollover and side impact tests
• External biofidelity in lateral impact measurement of global and local forces
• Performance limit analysis for common roadside and median barriers using LS-DYNA

Issue 5

• Simulation analysis for the safety protection of cervical vertebra under unusual landing impact
• Modelling composite crushing initiation using a cohesive element formulation
• Wheelchair occupant kinematics during a rail carriage crash
• Parametric design and structural improvements to optimise frontal crashworthiness of a truck
• Numerical investigation on carbon foam-based dampers for helicopter seats
• On the effect of testing uncertainties in the homologation tests of motorcycle helmets according to ECE 22.05A.
• Development of generic road vehicle multibody models for crash analysis using an optimisation approach
• Implications of the inline seating layout on the protection of occupants of railway coach interiors
• Side impact occupant response with varying positions

Issue 4

• Development of a novel material for improved crash energy management in collisions involving vulnerable road users
• Computer simulation of real-world vehicle–pedestrian impacts
• Characteristics of crashes involving injured children in side impacts
• Crashworthiness design of transport aircraft subfloor using polymer foams
• Use of a head component tester to evaluate the injury potential of an aircraft head-up display
• Fracture tolerance of the patellofemoral joint in frontal knee impacts of 75 and 35 year-old males
• Crashworthiness design optimisation of metal honeycomb energy absorber used in lunar lander
• Computational modelling of vehicle interior components for impact applications: Thickness analysis
• Calculation of vehicle-lumped model parameters considering occupant deceleration in frontal crash
• Crash analysis of a three-year-old human child model in side impacts considering normal and incorrect CRS usage

Issue 3

• Aggressive driving among British, Dutch, Finnish and Turkish drivers
• Strain-based topology optimisation for crashworthiness using hybrid cellular automata
• The crashworthiness of civil aircraft using different quadrangular tubes as cabin-floor struts
• Comparison of rear seat occupant injuries in AM50 and AF05 in frontal crashes
• Lower leg injury simulation for EuroNCAP compliance
• Influence of the body on the response of the helmeted head during impact
• Head and neck responses in oblique motorcycle helmet impacts: a novel laboratory test method
• Effect of increase in weight and stiffness of vehicles on the safety of rear seat occupants
• Railroad passenger car collision analysis and modifications for improved crashworthiness
• Development of a wire rope model for cable guardrail simulation

Issue 2

• Computational and experimental modification of portable sign structure design following NCHRP 350 criteria
• Documentation of evidence and calculation of acceleration in aircraft accident reconstruction
• An energy absorption performance index for cellular materials – development of a side-impact cork padding
• Experimental and finite element robustness studies of a bumper system subjected to an offset impact loading
• Structural response and strain patterns of isolated ribs under lateral loading
• The first collision point position identification method in vehicle–pedestrian impact accident
• Application of viscoelastic hybrid models to vehicle crash simulation
• A multi-body systems approach to simulate helicopter occupant protection systems
• Diving injury occurrence in rollover collisions: a critical analysis of Malibu I, Malibu II and CRIS (Controlled Rollover Impact System)

Issue 1

• Individual differences of pedestrian behaviour in midblock crosswalk and intersection
• The application for skull injury in vehicle–pedestrian accident
• Study on crashworthiness of wagon's frame under frontal impact
• Design and calculation of a railway car composite roof under concrete cube crash
• Integrated probabilistic analysis of nuclear power plant building damage due to an aircraft crash
• Seatbelt effectiveness for rear seat occupants in full and offset frontal crash tests
• Evaluation of the passive safety in cars adapted with steering control devices for disabled drivers
• Design optimisation of vehicle roof structures: benefits of using multiple surrogates
• The optimisation of the energy absorption of partially Al foam-filled commercial 1050H14 and 6061T4 Al crash boxes

2010

Issue 6

• The effectiveness of matching front rail heights in car-to-car crashes
• Experimental investigation of strain rate effects on the crushing characteristics of composite sandwich panels
• Dynamic process of ring systems as energy absorber subjected to lateral impact loading
• Optimisation of vehicle side interior panels for occupant safety in side impact
• On a new crush trigger for energy absorption of composite tubes
• Energy-absorbing FUPDs (front underrun protective device) and their interactions with fronts of passenger cars
• A computational approach for probabilistic analysis of water impact simulations
• Non-linear finite element analyses of automobiles and their elements in crashes

Issue 5

• Development of simplified truck chassis model for crash analysis in different impact scenarios
• Crushing response of bow structure of aluminium high-speed crafts at the event of inclined collisions: numerical simulation
• Analysis of loading of lower extremities based on bending moment in car-to-pedestrian collisions
• Development and validation of pedestrian sedan bucks using finite-element simulations: a numerical investigation of the influence of vehicle automatic braking on the kinematics of the pedestrian involved in vehicle collisions
• Kinematics simulation and head injury analysis for rollovers using MADYMO
• Assessing the performance of various restraints on ambulance patient compartment workers during crash events
• Effect of muscle contraction on the lower limb response in low speed car–pedestrian lateral impact: simulations for a walking pedestrian
• Review of the Jordan Rollover System (JRS) vis-à-vis other dynamic crash test devices

Issue 4

• Methodology for mass minimisation of a seat structure with integrated safety belts constrained by biomechanical responses on the occupant in frontal crashes
• Influence of cellular imperfections on mechanical response of metallic foams
• The effect of constrained hip-joint design on crash dummy responses
• The effect of geometrical parameters on the energy absorption characteristics of thin-walled structures under axial impact loading
• Experimental investigation of rubber ball impacts on aluminium plates
• Experimental study on crushing characteristics of brittle fibre/epoxy hybrid composite tubes
• Crashworthiness design of thin-walled curved beams with box and channel cross sections
• A numerical performance comparison of a dual-phase steel and aluminium alloy bumper bar system
• Reliability-based robust multi-objective crashworthiness optimisation of S-shaped box beams with parametric uncertainties

Issue 3

• Analysis of the kinematics of pregnant drivers during low-speed frontal vehicle collisions
• Correlation of vehicle crash model parameters to car properties in low-speed collisions: a design of experiments approach
• Controlling the axial crushing of circular metal tubes using an expanding rigid ring press fitted on top of the structure
• Evaluation of finite element models of seat structures with integrated safety belts using full-scale experiments
• Aircraft accident reconstruction: comparison of data
• A vehicle seat design concept for reducing whiplash injury risk in low-speed rear impact
• Investigation of 184 passenger car–pedestrian accidents
• A comparative study of the crashworthiness of civil aircraft with different strut configurations
• Critical evaluation of the SHARP (safety helmet assessment and rating program) motorcycle helmet rating

Issue 2

• A study of head–brain injuries in car-to-pedestrian crashes with reconstructions using in-depth accident data in China
• Evaluation of finite element human body models in lateral padded pendulum impacts to the shoulder
• A response surface approach to front-car optimisation for minimising pedestrian head injury levels
• Thin-walled curved hexagonal beams in crashes – FEA and design
• Study on characteristics of a crashworthy high-speed train nose
• Kinematics of the thorax under dynamic belt loading conditions
• Evaluation of a new security system to reduce thoracic injuries in case of motorcycle accidents
• The development of a European fatal accident database
• Effectiveness of the helmet for bicyclists on injury reduction in German road accident situations – state of affairs on GIDAS
• Lightweight impact crash attenuators for a small Formula SAE race car

Issue 1

• Overview on the development of a test standard for the evaluation of motorcyclists' impacts on road infrastructure elements
• Countermeasures to mitigate head and neck injuries to toddlers in frontal and lateral vehicle crash conditions
• Head injuries due to unrestrained objects during frontal collisions
• Fluid structure interaction of submerged metallic and composite plates subjected to low velocity impact loading
• ‘Egg-box’ panel for commercial vehicle front – compressive loading tests
• Scale modelling of aircraft fuselage: an innovative approach to evaluate and improve crashworthiness
• A numerical investigation of mid-femoral injury tolerance in axial compression and bending loading
• Bird impact effects on different types of aircraft bubble windows using numerical and experimental methods
• Development and evaluation of a finite element truck chassis crash model
• Erratum: Scaling head-neck response data and derivation of 5th percentile female side-impact dummy head-neck response requirements in NBDL test conditions

2009

Issue 6

• Frontal crash severity in different road environments measured in real-world crashes
• Identification of lumped parameter automotive crash models for bumper system development
• Driven dart impact response and simulation of a multi-layer HDPE (high-density polyethylene)
• Automatic generation and validation of patient-specific finite element head models suitable for crashworthiness analysis
• Full-scale vertical drop test and numerical simulation of a crashworthy helicopter seat/occupant system
• Simulation analysis of human neck injury risk under high-level landing impact
• Effects of the triggering of circular aluminum tubes on crashworthiness
• Improving the crashworthiness characteristics of cylindrical tubes subjected to axial compression by cutting wide grooves from their outer surface
• Variation in crash severity depending on different vehicle types and objects as collision partner
• Bus rollover crashworthiness under European standard: an optimal analysis of superstructure strength using successive response surface method
• Analytical Matlab/Simulink model of pyrotechnical gas generators for airbags

Issue 5

• Energy-absorption capability of multi-axial warp-knitted FRP tubes
• Variation of road traffic crashes among drivers and passengers
• Vibration of stiffened plates with cutout under concentrated load
• Numerical and experimental investigations on the behaviour of the sandwiched tube-type airbag
• Application of aluminium honeycomb model using shell elements to offset deformable barrier model
• Challenge and approach to real-world pedestrian protection – investigated by Polar-II pedestrian dummy
• Impact strength and response behaviour of CFRP (carbon fibre reinforced plastic) guarder belt for side collision of automobiles
• Investigating the possible role of placenta position in road accident consecutive foetal loss
• The effect of seatbelt tensioner for pregnant female drivers involved in rear-end vehicle collisions
• The effect of the implementation of circular holes as crush initiators to the crushing characteristics of mild steel square tubes: experimental and numerical simulation
• Three-dimensional multibody dynamics analysis of accidental falls resulting in traumatic brain injury
• Search for pedestrian protection regulations for commercial vehicles
• Erratum: The kinematic behaviour and responses of Hybrid III 3YO dummy and child human FE model in ISOFIX CRS in frontal impact

Issue 4

• Effects of incidence angle in bird strike on integrity of aero-engine fan blade
• Mobile phone and seat belt usage and its impact on road accident fatalities and injuries in southeast Iran
• A method to improve the energy absorption capability of fibre-reinforced composite tubes
• Control-oriented modelling of occupants in frontal impacts
• Response of lower limb in full-scale car–pedestrian low-speed lateral impact – influence of muscle contraction
• Application of foam-filled conical tubes in enhancing the crashworthiness performance of vehicle protective structures
• Experimental investigation of the collapse modes and energy absorption characteristics of composite tubes
• MADYMO reconstruction of a real-world collision between a vehicle and cyclist
• The kinematic behaviour and responses of Hybrid III 3YO dummy and child human FE model in ISOFIX CRS in frontal impact

Issue 3 (Special Issue: Advanced Protection Systems (APROSYS): Part 2)

• Guest Editors' Note
• Scaling head-neck response data and derivation of 5th percentile female side-impact dummy head-neck response requirements in NBDL (Naval Biodynamics Laboratory) test conditions
• On the consequences of non linear constitutive modelling of brain tissue for injury prediction with numerical head models
• Influence of pedestrian head surrogate and boundary conditions on head injury risk prediction
• AlSi7 metallic foams – aspects of material modelling for crash analysis
• Robustness analysis through virtual testing

Issue 2

• Finite element based robustness study of a truck cab subjected to impact loading
• A comparative study of design optimisation methodologies for side-impact crashworthiness, using injury-based versus energy-based criterion
• Comparison of human FE model and crash dummy responses in various child restraint systems
• Child safety analysis for forward-facing child restraint system in frontal impact
• The relationship of injury risk to accident severity in impacts with roadside barriers
• Off-axis compression behaviour of honeycomb core in WT-plane
• Emerging trend in motorisation and the epidemic of road traffic crashes in an economically growing country
• Preliminary investigation of driver head dynamics during impact of a small car with a high-containment safety barrier
• Design and analysis of Annisquam River Bridge railing
• Development of a finite element model of the knee-thigh-hip of a 50th percentile male including ligaments and muscles

Issue 1

• Materials characterisation and crash modelling of composite-aluminium honeycomb sandwich material
• Energy absorption properties of braided glass/epoxy tubes subjected to quasi-static axial crushing
• A study on introduction of notch into thin-walled polygonal shell member to control plastic buckling behaviour in axial collapse
• Impact perforation of sandwich panels with Coremat®
• Improving the accuracy of vehicle crashworthiness response predictions using an ensemble of metamodels
• Crack analysis in PVB laminated windshield impacted by pedestrian head in traffic accident
• Thermal buckling of laminated composite conical shell panel with and without piezoelectric layer with random material properties
• Improvement of crashworthiness behaviour for simplified structural models of aircraft fuselage
• Load path distribution within the pelvic structure under lateral loading

2008

Issue 6 (Special Issue: Advanced Protection Systems (APROSYS): Part 1)

• Editorial: Special Issue dedicated to the EU Integrated Project Advanced Protection Systems (APROSYS)
• APROSYS: Advances in secondary safety research
• A generic evaluation methodology for advanced safety systems
• Improvements to the protection of vulnerable road users: Retrofittable, energy-absorbing front end for heavy goods vehicles
• APROSYS in-depth database of serious pedestrian and cyclist impacts with vehicles
• A first step in computer modelling of the active human response in a far-side impact
• Injury criteria implementation and evaluation in FE models applications to lower limb segments
• Improved head injury criteria based on head FE model
• A new pre-crash system for side impact protection
• Reliability analysis of a crashed thin-walled s-rail accounting for random spot weld failures

Issue 5

• A study of the pedestrian impact kinematics using finite element dummy models: the corridors and dimensional analysis scaling of upper-body trajectories
• BioRID II manikin and human seating position in relation to car head restraint
• The importance of muscle tension on the outcome of impacts with a major vertical component
• Impact behaviour of a multi-body system with energy dissipation
• Numerical simulation of aircraft interior components under crash loads
• Structural polyurethane foam: testing and modelling for automotive applications
• Effectiveness and evaluation of SEAS (secondary energy absorbing structure) of SUV in frontal impact
• Design optimisation of tapered thin-walled square tubes
• Compatibility between sports-utility vehicles and sedan-type vehicles
• Characterisation and modelling of short fibre reinforced polymers for numerical simulation of a crash
• Design of motorcyclist-friendly guardrail using finite element analysis
• Development of an embedded vehicle safety system for frontal crash detection

Issue 4

• Experimental investigation of the collapse modes and the main crushing characteristics of composite sandwich panels subjected to flexural loading
• Modelling the effect of forming history in impact simulations: evaluation of the effect of thickness change and strain hardening based on experiments
• Analysis of traumatic brain injury due to primary head contact during vehicle-to-pedestrian impact
• Numerical (analytical-based) model for the study of vehicle frontal collision
• Polymer composites for the automotive industry: characterisation of the recycling effect on the strain rate sensitivity
• C IV class tram crashworthiness assessment
• Crash performance of X-shaped support base work zone temporary sign structures
• Virtual modelling of safety helmets: practical problems

Issue 3

• Structural and impact behaviour of an innovative low-cost sandwich panel
• Energy-absorption capability of thin laminates subjected to heavy-mass projectile impact of varying nose geometries
• Simulated evaluation of pedestrian safety for flat-front vehicles
• Development of a fluid-filled catheter system for dynamic pressure measurement in soft-tissue trauma
• Design of ventilated helmets: computational fluid and impact dynamics studies
• A two-stage multi-objective optimisation of vehicle crashworthiness under frontal impact
• Frontal thoracic response to dynamic loading: the role of superficial tissues, viscera and the rib cage
• Development of a finite element model of the shoulder: application during a side impact
• Three-dimensional finite element simulation of pelvic fracture during side impact with pelvis–femur–soft tissue complex
• Role of gender and driver behaviour in road traffic crashes
• Predicting brain injury under impact with a strain measure from analytical models

Issue 2

• Static axial collapse of foam-filled steel thin-walled rectangular tubes: experimental and numerical simulation
• Experimental observations of AA6061-T6 round extrusions under a cutting deformation mode with a deflector
• Design and application of an instrumented projectile for load measurements during impact
• Performance analysis of a bumper–pedestrian contact sensor system by using finite element models
• Multiphysics out of position airbag simulation
• Enhancing the impact energy absorption in roll over protective structures
• Aerodynamic design of high-sided coaches to reduce cross-wind sensitivity, based on wind tunnel tests
• Loading behaviour of 90° ‘UREAD’ energy channels
• Crashes with roadside objects along motorcycle lanes in Malaysia
• A reduced-order finite element model for the simulation of automotive side structure crash response
• Single-vehicle collisions in Europe: analysis using real-world and crash-test data

Issue 1

• Investigating the effects of strengthening the crossbeam in frontal car-to-car impacts
• Interactions among structural components during complex impact events
• Influence of occupant restraint system on traumatic brain injuries
• Vehicle/occupant movement in moderate speed in-line collisions
• A measurement study of a pressure transducer subjected to water drop impact
• A review of airbag test and analysis
• Trailer truck-mounted attenuator
• Modelling motorcyclist injury severity resulting from sideswipe collisions at T-junctions in the United Kingdom: new insights into the effects of manoeuvres
• Optimum design for energy absorption of bitubal hexagonal columns with honeycomb core
• Bending of cylindrical steel tubes: numerical simulation using Grid computing

2007

Issue 6

• The influence of seat structure and passenger weight on the rollover crashworthiness of an intercity coach
• A design optimization approach of vehicle hood for pedestrian protection
• Validation of the simplified super folding element theory applied for axial crushing of complex aluminium extrusions
• Development of simplified thin-walled beam models for crashworthiness analyses
• Diving versus roof intrusion: a review of rollover injury causation
• Child restraint seat design considerations to mitigate injuries to three-year-old children in side impact crashes
• Mechanism analysis of pedestrian knee-bending angle by SUV type vehicles using human FE model
• Reconstruction of pedestrian–vehicle accident using sequential linear programming optimizer
• Topology optimization of energy-absorbing structures
• Crash performance of cellular foams with reduced relative density part 1: rib thickness variation
• Crash performance of cellular foams with reduced relative density part 2: rib deletion

Issue 5

• Model characterization and failure analysis of welded aluminium components including process history
• Numerical studies concerning upper neck and head responses in frontal crashes with seat-integrated safety belts
• Realistic simulation models for airbags and humans–new possibilities and limits of FE simulation
• Expansion of circular tubes by rigid tubes as impact energy absorbers: experimental and theoretical investigation
• Development of simplified finite element models for straight thin-walled tubes with octagonal cross section
• Material and structural crashworthiness characterization of paratransit buses
• Detailed tire modeling for crash applications
• Pre-crash investigation using a driving simulator and numerical analyses to determine the influence of the arms positions
• Consideration of vehicle handling and stability with improved roof strength
• The localized low-velocity impact response of aluminium honeycombs and sandwich panels for occupant head protection: experimental characterization and analytical modelling
• Issues in ALE simulation of airbags

Issue 4

• Mechanism analysis of pedestrian knee-bending angle by sedan-type vehicle using human FE model
• The effect of brain mass and moment of inertia on relative brain–skull displacement during low-severity impacts
• Modelling the effects of an inflatable tubular structure (ITS) on occupant kinematics and injury risk in the rollover of a sports utility vehicle (SUV)
• Modelling and simulation of seat-integrated safety belts including studies of pelvis and torso responses in frontal crashes
• Evaluation of knee injury threshold in pedestrian–car crash loading using numerical approach
• Setting initial targets in vehicle side impact safety design using regression-based modeling
• A review of composite structures subjected to dynamic loading
• Smart head restraint system
• Multi-scale and multi-model methods for efficient crash simulation

Issue 3

• Bicycle helmet retention system testing and evaluation
• Structural response of paratransit buses in rollover accidents
• Real accidents involving vulnerable road users: in-depth investigation, numerical simulation and experimental reconstitution with PMHS
• The development of a load sensing trolley for frontal offset testing
• Identification of the spongy bone mechanical behavior under compression loads: numerical simulation versus experimental results
• Crashworthiness optimization of empty and filled aluminum crash boxes
• Comparison of the load/displacement and energy absorption performance of round and square AA6061-T6 extrusions under a cutting deformation mode
• Benchmarking and accident characteristics of flat-fronted commercial vehicles with respect to pedestrian safety
• Experimental study on the interface fracture toughness of PVB (polyvinyl butyral)/glass at high strain rates
• Polymer foams to optimize passive safety structures in helmets
• Study of a device for controlling the pulses of sled testing
• Conditions of possible head impacts for standing passengers in public transportation: an experimental study

Issue 2

• A new crash test configuration for car-to-car frontal collisions with small lateral overlap
• Experimental study of the bone behaviour of the human skull bone for the development of a physical head model
• Restrained occupant protection performance under rollover conditions using an intelligent rollover protection subsystem
• Safety barrier performance predicted by multi-body dynamics simulation
• Estimating bicyclist into pedestrian collision speed
• Car-car crash compatibility: development of crash test procedures in the VC-Compat project
• Experimental and simulated flexion tests of humerus
• Advanced smart airbags: The solution for real-life safety?
• Application of the finite element method to predict the crashworthy response of a metallic helicopter underfloor structure onto a hard surface
• An algorithm for optimised generation of a finite element mesh for folded airbags

Issue 1

• Numerical simulations of motorcycle helmet impact tests
• An experimental methodology for evaluating survivability of an aeronautical construction from composite materials: An overview
• Natural optima in human skull: a low-velocity impact study
• Train's crashworthiness design and collision analysis
• Rollover far side roof strength test and simulation
• Reinforcement of vehicle roof structure system against rollover occupant injuries
• A new analytical model for high-velocity impact of thick composites
• Observations from repeatable dynamic rollover tests
• A road vehicle multibody model for crash simulation based on the plastic hinges approach to structural deformations

2006

Issue 6

• An elastic–plastic free–free beam under asymmetric normal and oblique impact
• A methodology for the simulation of out-of-position driver airbag deployment
• Finite element analysis of seat belt bunching phenomena
• Thoracic deformation response of pedestrians resulting from vehicle impact
• A study of an Asian anthropometric pedestrian in vehicle–pedestrian accidents using real-world accident data
• Modeling of car seat and human body interaction under rear impact
• Multi-directional optimisation against biomechanical criteria of a head–helmet coupling
• The development of a new low-speed impact test to improve bumper performance and compatibility
• Efficiency and identification procedures of damage models in dynamic
• Implementation of composite roof structures in transit buses to increase rollover roof strength and reduce the likelihood of rollover
• Assessment criteria for assessing energy-absorbing front underrun protection on trucks

Issue 5

• An experimental investigation on the behaviour of self-piercing riveted connections in aluminium alloy AA6060
• Evaluation of passenger railroad car roll over crashworthiness
• Experimental evaluation of the wheelchair occupant protection under different impact conditions using commercial wheelchairs
• Analysis of Nij in simulated real-world crashes with a 3-year-old Hybrid-III
• The effect of mobile phone use on driving style and driving skills
• Crash analysis and modeling of two vehicles in frontal collisions using two types of smart front-end structures: an analytical approach using IHBMA (Incremental Harmonic Balance Method)
• Computer modeling of lift trucks and operators to simulate lateral tipover
• Rollover crashworthiness of a rural transport vehicle using MADYMO

Issue 4

• An offset rigid barrier-based test: equivalence to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety frontal offset impact safety test
• Numerical simulation of fluid–structure interaction of liquid cargo filled tank during ship collision using the ALE finite element method
• Offset impact behaviour of bumper beam—longitudinal systems: experimental investigations
• Offset impact behaviour of bumper beam–longitudinal systems: numerical simulations
• Positioning of motorcyclist dummies in crash simulations
• Effects of pre-impact pedestrian position and motion on kinematics and injuries from vehicle and ground contact
• Elements of passive safety of railway vehicles in collision
• Effect of tensile properties on the energy-absorbing capacity of weld-bonded austenitic stainless steel profiles
• A hybrid technique for determining optimal restraint system characteristics

Issue 3

• Bird strike simulation on a novel composite leading edge design
• Multi-scale human body model to predict side impact thoracic trauma
• Parametric effects on the performance of traffic light poles in vehicle crashes
• Optimisation of energy absorption of an A-pillar by metal foam insert
• Evaluation of frontal occupant protection system responses to crash pulse variations
• Bending collapse of thin-walled beams with channel cross-section
• Simplified modelling of thin-walled box section beam
• The influence of a flexible lumbar spine in far-side impact testing

Issue 2

• Proposal of injury risk curves for evaluating pedestrian femur/pelvis injury risk using EEVC upper legform impactor based on accident reconstruction
• Dynamic response of laminated automotive glazing impacted by spherical featureless headform
• Finite element analysis of cyclist lower limb response in car—bicycle accident
• Experimental study on energy absorption characteristics of motorcycle front wheel—tyre assembly in frontal impact
• Development and testing of a non-energy-absorbing anchorage system for roadside poles
• Projectile impact on sandwich panels
• Numerical modeling of a dual crush mode welded aluminum crash structure
• Finite element modelling of the crushing response of composite sandwich panels with FRP tubular reinforcements

Issue 1

• Influence of damage on the prediction of axial crushing behavior of thin-walled aluminum extruded tubes
• An improved representation of vehicle incompatibility in frontal NCAP tests using a modified rigid barrier
• A simplified test methodology for crashworthiness evaluation of aircraft seat cushions
• Bending of cylindrical steel tubes: numerical modelling
• Assessment of vehicle roof crush test protocols using FE models: inverted drop tests versus updated FMVSS No. 216
• Evaluation of head injury criteria using a finite element model validated against experiments on localized brain motion, intracerebral acceleration, and intracranial pressure
• Feedback control of occupant motion during a crash

2005

Issue 6

• Influence of head restraint position on long-term AIS 1 neck injury risk
• Influence of muscle preactivation of the lower limb on impact dynamics in the case of frontal collision
• Limiting performance analysis of biomechanical systems for optimal injury control – Part 1: Theory and methodology
• Limiting performance analysis of biomechanical systems for optimal injury control – Part 2: Applications
• Quantification of constant stiffness force-shortening model parameters for vehicles tested under United States side impact protocols
• Proposed variable stiffness of vehicle longitudinal frontal members
• Transition from progressive to global buckling of aluminium extrusions – a numerical study
• Load/displacement and energy absorption performances of AA6061-T6 tubes under a cutting deformation mode
• Combination of grey model GM(1, 1) with three-point moving average for accurate vehicle fatality risk prediction

Issue 5

• Wind forces and aerodynamics: contributing factors to compromise bus and coach safety?
• Finite point method: a new approach to model the inflation of side curtain airbags
• Local structural force evaluation of a vehicle in side barrier impacts
• Modeling slip base mechanisms
• Test procedures for vehicle compatibility evaluation
• Evaluation of fleet systems model for vehicle compatibility
• Effects of front wheels and steering-suspension systems during vehicle oblique collisions with a flared guardrail terminal
• Numerical simulation of thin-walled metallic circular frusta subjected to axial loading
• Design, fabrication and testing of a component HIC tester for aircraft applications
• Design of HIC compliant aircraft bulkheads and cabin class divider panels
• Experimental and numerical analyses of the axial crushing behaviour of hat sections partially filled with aluminium foam

Issue 4

• FE simulations of motorcycle—car frontal crashes, validations and observations
• Motorcycle crash tests — an overview
• Safety performance evaluation of secure mailboxes using finite element simulations and crash testing
• Sled tests and CIREN data illustrating the benefits of booster seats
• Design and sled testing of a high back booster seat prototype offering improved side impact protection
• Structural adaptivity in frontal collisions: implications on crash pulse characteristics
• Initiation and propagation of damage in laminated composite shells due to low velocity impact
• Nonlinear impact behaviour of laminated composite shells in hygrothermal environments
• Dynamic stability of stiffened plates with cutout subjected to harmonic in-plane partial edge loading
• Numerical simulation of mow strip subcomponents used with strong post guardrail systems

Issue 3

• Crack initiation in laminated automotive glazing subjected to simulated head impact
• Initialisation of volume fraction in fluid/structure interaction problem
• Designing for head impact safety using a combination of lumped parameter and finite element modeling
• Development of FE meshes for folded airbags
• Finite element modeling and validation of a 3-strand cable guardrail system
• Bending hinge characteristic of thin-walled square tubes
• Axial crushing performance of braided composite tubes
• Cervical spine injuries sustained by motorcyclists in road crashes in Malaysia
• The effect of using universal anchorages in child restraint seats on the injury potential for children in frontal crash

Issue 2

• Analysis of crush behaviours of a rail cab car and structural modifications for improved crashworthiness
• Wheel impact performance with consideration of material inhomogeneity and a simplified approach for modeling
• Comparison of shoulder range-of-motion and stiffness between volunteers, Hybrid III and THOR Alpha in static frontal impact loading
• Numerical simulations of multiple vehicle crashes and multidisciplinary crashworthiness optimization
• Crash simulation of a vertical drop test of a commuter-class aircraft
• A numerical study on the quasi-static axial crush characteristics of square aluminum tubes with chamfering and other triggering mechanisms
• Characteristics of 3.5 kg pedestrian headform impactor prototypes developed by JAMA–JARI and ACEA–TNO
• A study of injury parameters for rearward and forward facing 3-year-old child dummy using numerical simulation

Issue 1

• An assessment of constitutive models of concrete in the crashworthiness simulation of roadside safety structures
• An experimental investigation into the energy absorption and force/displacement characteristics of aluminum foam filled braided stainless steel tubes under quasistatic tensile loading conditions
• Ear injury from air bag deployment noise?
• Modelling bird impacts on an aircraft wing – Part 1: Material modelling of the fibre metal laminate leading edge material with continuum damage mechanics
• Modelling bird impacts on an aircraft wing – Part 2: Modelling the impact with an SPH bird model
• Frontal collision behaviour: Comparison of onboard collision recorder data with car population characteristics
• Kinematics and injury pattern in rollover accidents of cars in German road traffic – an in-depth-analysis by GIDAS
• Dynamic characterization of polymers to improve numerical simulations for passive safety
• Cervical muscle response to trunk flexion in whiplash-type right lateral impacts
• Development of a mathematical model for evaluating child occupant behaviour in the case of a vehicle side impact simulation

2004

Issue 6

• Development and validation of a vehicle suspension finite element model for use in crash simulations
• Evaluation of structural parameters for vehicle crash compatibility
• Car structural characteristics of fatal frontal crashes in Sweden
• The effect of occupant position in volunteers subjected to whiplash-type rear impacts
• Tolerance of the human leg and thigh in dynamic latero-medial bending
• Designing for safety during pregnancy through a system for automotive engineers
• Predicting fractures due to blunt impact: a sensitivity analysis of the effects of altering failure strain of human rib cortical bone
• A parametric study of the bending crash performance of empty and metal foam-filled box-beams
• Numerical modelling of quasi-static axial crush of square aluminium-composite hybrid tubes
• A new approach for safety crash test: using a genetic algorithm

Issue 5

• A comprehensive failure model for crashworthiness simulation of aluminium extrusions
• A computational model of the human head and neck system for the analysis of whiplash motion
• A methodology to assess frontal stiffness to improve crash compatibility
• Design of train crash experimental tests by optimization procedures
• Static and dynamic roof crush simulation using LS-DYNA3D
• Tank instructor module crash simulation
• A study of modelling approaches for rail vehicle collision behaviour
• Crashworthiness analysis of the Placentia, CA rail collision
• Finite element modelling of the human head-neck: modal analysis and validation in the frequency domain
• Compartment strength and its evaluation in car crashes

Issue 4

• Assessment of basic experimental impact simulations for coupled fluid/structure interactions modeling
• A visco-elastic foam as head restraint material – experiments and numerical simulations using a biorid model
• Design and analysis of an aluminum F-shape bridge railing
• Optimization of single skin surfaces for head injury prevention – a comparison of optima calculated for global versus local injury thresholds
• Failure analysis of arbitrarily shaped human skull due to impact
• Dynamic simulation and energy absorption of tapered tubes under impact loading
• Influence of FE model variability in predicting brain motion and intracranial pressure changes in head impact simulations
• An investigation into the head and neck injury potential of three-year-old children in forward and rearward facing child safety seats
• Finite element simulation of internally grooved thin-wall PVC tubes subjected to axial plastic collapse

Issue 3

• Preliminary analysis of fuel tank impact
• Compatibility between passenger vehicles and road barriers during oblique collisions
• Evaluation of a singular value decomposition approach for impact dynamic data correlation
• Numerical simulation of the crushing process of composite materials
• Structural topology optimization for crashworthiness
• Simplified modelling of vehicle frontal crashworthiness using a modal approach
• Anisotropic damage for crashworthiness of vehicles
• Car frontal collisions: occupant compartment forces, interface forces and stiffnesses

Issue 2

• Structural adaptivity for acceleration level reduction in passenger car frontal collisions
• Development of JAMA—JARI pedestrian headform impactor in compliance with ISO and IHRA standards
• Joining of aluminium using self-piercing riveting: Testing, modelling and analysis
• Quasi-static crushing of S-shaped aluminum front rail
• Head–neck finite element model of the crash test dummy THOR
• Contribution to the definition of a partial overlapping plastic strain rates domain for moderate loadings – application to tensile testing on metallic materials
• Quasi-static and dynamic axial crushing of thin-walled circular stainless steel, mild steel and aluminium alloy tubes
• Confidence limits for impact speed estimation from pedestrian projection distance

Issue 1

• Factor causing scatter in dynamic certification test results for compliance with EEVC WG17 legform impactor standard
• Injury tolerances for oblique impact helmet testing
• Design optimization of metallic hexagonal cross sections
• Finite element modeling of the crash performance of roadside barriers
• Predicting impact loads of a car crashing into a concrete roadside safety barrier
• Friction modelling between solid elements
• Experimental observations on the crush characteristics of AA6061 T4 and T6 structural square tubes with and without circular discontinuities
• Dynamic response of the pelvis under side impact load – a three-dimensional finite element approach
• Evaluation of impact severity measures for AIS 1 neck injuries in frontal impacts using crash recorder data

2003

Issue 6

• Radioss finite element model of the Thor dummy
• Tests and simulation of a w-beam rail-to-post connection
• Static and dynamic behaviour of a polypropylene for bumpers
• Crashworthiness of helicopters on water: Test and simulation of a full-scale WG30 impacting on water
• Occupant analysis and seat design to reduce neck injury from rear end impact
• Numerical modelling of the axial plastic collapse of externally grooved steel thinwalled tubes
• Velocity changes, mean accelerations and displacements of some car types in frontal collisions
• Human head tolerance limits to specific injury mechanisms
• Influence of crash severity and contact surfaces characteristics on the dynamic behavior of forward facing child occupants
• Impact response of Hybrid III dummy and cadaver knee-femur-pelvis complex

Issue 5

• FE investigation of a spirally slotted tube under axially compressive static and dynamic impact loading
• Crash simulation with glassy polymers – constitutive model and application
• ISOFIX – possibilities and problems of a new concept for child restraint systems
• Aluminium and magnesium castings – experimental work and numerical analyses
• Energy absorbing characteristics of circular frustra
• Empty and foam-filled circular aluminium tubes subjected to axial and oblique quasistatic loading
• Lower extremity injuries in side-impact vehicle crashes
• Experimental investigation on the crushing properties of carbon fibre braided composite tubes

Issue 4

• N-point linear interpolation of motor vehicle crush profiles applied to various force-shortening models
• An investigation into the crashworthiness characteristics of steering wheel armatures from common compact passenger cars
• Validated multibody model for train crash analysis
• The creation of three-dimensional finite element models for simulating head impact biomechanics
• A comparative study on vehicle aluminum and steel hood assemblies
• Real world car crash investigations – A new approach
• The kicking machine: A device for impact testing of structural components
• Three dimensional analysis of multidirectional composites subjected to low velocity impact
• A modern aerospace modeling approach for evaluation of aircraft fuselage crashworthiness

Issue 3

• Energy absorbing stand-up roadside signposts
• Prediction of crushing behaviour of honeycomb structures
• A comparison of the crashworthiness performance of geometrically identical aluminium and magnesium steering wheel armatures
• Static and dynamic axial collapse of fibreglass composite thin-walled tubes: finite element modelling of the crush zone
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of a bus and coach seat during rear end impact by means of sled tests
• Analysis of collision between pedestrian and small car
• Injuries to children in child restraints
• Mathematical modelling of lower leg responses in offset crashes
• Investigation of impact and damage tolerance in advanced aerospace composite structures
• A cost effective far side crash simulation

Issue 2

• Improving occupant safety in coach rollover
• Proposal for a dynamic rollover protective system test
• Australian research to develop a vehicle compatibility test
• Development of structural crashworthiness to the European side impact test in Ford AUII Falcon
• Swedish vision zero experience
• Evaluation of a new visco-elastic foam for automotive applications
• New injury reference values determined for TRL legform impactor from accident reconstruction test
• Finite element analysis of impacts on water and its application to helicopter water landing and occupant safety
• Development of a third generation mechanically inflated airbag head restraint system and its characterisation under impact loading

Issue 1

• Global NCAP harmonisation - initial position, requirements and prospects
• Reconstruction of occupant kinematics and kinetics for real world accidents
• Topology optimization for crashworthiness of frame structures
• Towards a finite element head model used as a head injury predictive tool
• FE simulation of head-on and side impact crash analysis between a nose cone type structure and rigid objects
• An advanced methodology for estimating vehicle rollover propensity
• Contact and impact models for vehicle crashworthiness simulation
• Axisymmetric progressive crushing of circular tubes
• Measuring rollover roof strength for occupant protection
• Carbon skinned aluminium foam nose cones for high performance circuit vehicles

2002

Issue 4

• Crashworthiness analysis of a lock gate impacted by two different river ships
• Optimization of Vehicle Crash Pulses in Relative Displacement Domain
• Assessment of multi-physics FE methods for bird strike modelling-Application to a metallic riveted airframe
• Study of die cast magnesium components for crash safety
• Possibilities and limitation for protective measures for injury reduction Of vulnerable road users
• Design and validation of a new omnidirectional dummy neck For low speed impacts
• Impact testing in Formula One
• Rollover crash tests

Issue 3

• Comparative evaluation of the THOR advanced frontal crash test dummy
• Knee ligament failure under dynamic loadings
• Finite element modelling and simulation of upper limb with radioss
• Pedestrian forward projection impact
• Impact model development for the reconstruction of current motorcycle accidents
• A new concept for a helicopter sub-floor structure crashworthy in impacts on water and rigid surfaces
• Optimal design of train structures for crashworthiness using a multiload approach
• Quasi-static response of laterally simple compressed hexagonal rings

Issue 2

• An experimental air bag test system for the study of air bag deployment Loads
• Full face protective helmet modelling and coupling with a Human head model
• A method to determine structural sensitivities in vehicle crashworthiness design
• Energy absorption of braided composite tubes
• Development and validation of the FAT finite element model for the side impact dummy „EUROSID-1”
• Computer modelling of trans-shoulder forces in motor vehicle accidents

Issue 1

• A multibody methodology for the design of anti-climber devices for train crashworthiness simulation
• Crushing properties of pultruded glass reinforced square tubes
• Computer modelling of trans-shoulder forces in motor vehicle Accidents
• Usage of recycled plastic bottles in roadside safety devices
• Analysis of impact on soft soil and its application to aircraft crashworthiness
• Folding-crumpling of thin-walled aluminium frusta
• Car to car interaction in frontal collisions: A model for the behaviour of the car population and options for improved crashworthiness
• An investigation into the energy absorption characteristics of a four-spoke steering wheel armature subjected to impact loading

2001

Issue 4

• Non-linear numerical modelling of aircraft impact
• Finite element buckling analysis of laminated composite stiffened shells
• Full-scale crash test and simulation of a composite helicopter
• Some effects of Australian Design Rule (ADR) 69 on frontal crash outcomes
• Finite element modelling of anthropomorphic test devices for vehicle crashworthiness evaluation
• Structural Dynamic Responses with Generalised Explicit Finite Difference Models
• Crash strength and energy management of axially loaded extruded aluminium components reinforced with epoxy-based Terocore Foam
• Modelling of glass reinforced thermoplastic composite side-impact structures
• Inertia effects on some crashworthiness parameters for cylindrical shells under axial impact
• Biomechanical simulation of whiplash - some implications for seat design
• Determination of head/neck loads during manoeuvring acceleration
• Influence of deceleration profiles on occupant velocity differential and injury potential

Issue 3

• New dummy head prototype : development, validation and injury criteria
• Gender-Related Spinal Injury Assessment Considerations in Military Aviation Occupant Protection Modelling
• The thoracic member under side impact: an Experimental Approach
• Optimal control of helicopter seat cushions for the reduction of spinal injuries
• Behaviour of frontal protection system in passenger vehicles
• Automatic time stepping algorithms for implicit numerical simulations of blade/casing interactions
• Axial crushing of hybrid square sandwich composite vehicle hollow bodyshells with reinforced core: Experimental
• Advantages of safety belts in heavy trucks - Results of real life crash analyses and of a crash test with a Mercedes-Benz ACTROS 1853
• Crashworthiness Evaluation Using Integrated Vehicle and Occupant Finite Element Models
• Finite Element Simulation of Energy Absorption Devices under Axial Static Compressive and Impact Loading
• Simulation of helicopter under-floor structure impact on water

Issue 2

• Effectiveness of cargo barriers to protect front seat occupants in rear impacts - crash test evaluation
• Finite element simulation of the axial collapse of thin-wall square frusta
• Application of plastic collapse mechanisms for the axial crushing analysis of tubular steel structures filled with aluminium foam
• Design of aluminium foam-filled crash boxes of square and circular cross-sections
• Analysis of crash response of aluminium foam-filled front side rail of a passenger car
• Augmented Lagrangian procedure for implicit computation of contact-impact between deformable bodies
• Optimisation for minimum weight of foam-filled tubes under large twisting rotation
• A Review of the effectiveness of seat belt systems: design and safety considerations
• A two-dimensional analysis of the biomechanics of frontal and occipital head impact injuries
• Prediction of head and neck injury in transport aircraft seats as a function of occupant size and seat configuration

Issue 1

• Dynamic material properties and inelastic failure in structural crashworthiness
• The effect of impact velocity and steering wheel orientation on the crashworthiness of a steering wheel armature
• Sign support height analysis using finite element simulation
• Detailed simulation of the Airbag Inflation Process Using a Coupled CFD/FE Method
• A new oblique impact test for motorcycle helmets
• Kinematic Contact-Impact Algorithm with Friction
• Elasto-plastic response of a free-free beam subjected to pulse loads at any cross-section
• Evaluation of passenger rail vehicle crashworthiness
• Impact Testing and Simulation of a Crashworthy Composite Fuselage Concept
• Finite element simulation of biomechanical response of the human body subjected to lateral impact

2000

Issue 4

• Biaxial bending collapse of thin-walled beams filled partially or fully with aluminium foam
• A demonstrator bumper system based on aluminium foam filled crash boxes
• A hybrid model for pedestrian impact and projection
• A study on a retrofit of the breakaway cable terminal
• Mathematical models integral rating
• Kalman filter estimates of chest velocity
• Experimental study of crush behaviour of sheet aluminium foam-filled sections
• Characteristics and potential applications of a novel shock absorbing elastomeric composite for enhanced crashworthiness
• Investigations on impact testing of head injury protection helmets

Issue 3

• Structural Stiffness, Elastic Recovery, and Occupant Inertial Effects on Measured Door Response in a Laterally Struck Vehicle
• Finite element modelling of skull fractures caused by direct impact
• Development of a finite element model of the human neck subjected to high g-level lateral deceleration
• Analysis and Design Consideration of an Energy Absorbing Steering System Using Orthogonal Arrays
• Interplay of factors influencing collapse modes in axially crushed tubes
• Two-Dimensional Collisions of Vehicles (Case of Consideration of Tire Forces During Impact)
• Axial collapse of hybrid square sandwich composite tubular components with corrugated core: Experimental
• Analysis of polyester and epoxy composite shells subjected to axial crushing

Issue 2

• Biofidelity Evaluation of Dynamic and Static Response Characteristics of the Thor Lx Dummy Lower Extremity
• Designing for the critical impact point on a new bullnose guardrail system
• Validated crash simulation of the most common guardrail system in the USA
• Smart frictional impact energy absorber
• Efficient implicit schemes for the treatment of the contact between deformable bodies: Application to shock-absorber devices
• The bending of fibre-reinforced composite thin-walled tubular components: Numerical modelling
• Recycled paper-rolled tubes as potential energy absorbing elements

Issue 1

• Simple and effective lumped mass models for determining kinetics and dynamics of car-to-car crashes
• Development of a Detailed Vehicle Finite Element Model Part I: Methodology
• Development of a Detailed Vehicle Finite Element Model Part II: Material Characterization and Component Testing
• Airframe Water Impact Analysis
• Failure analysis of multiple delaminated composite plates due to low velocity impact
• Investigation on the Crash Behaviour of Knitted Glass Fibre Reinforced Poly(ethylene-terephthalate) Structures
• Lateral compression of empty and filled single tubes by short width indenters
• Developments in the simulation of real world car to pedestrian accidents using a pedestrian humanoid finite element model

1999

Issue 4

• Some Phenomena in the structural crashworthiness field
• Determination of the Energy Absorption of Cylindrical Shells under Axial Loading by Analysis of the Dynamic Buckling and Folding Process
• Experimental and analytical investigations on the energy absorption by tapering
• Study of axisymmetric crushing mechanisms by sequential limit analysis
• Development and validation of high fidelity vehicle crash simulation models
• Three-dimensional finite element modelling of vehicle crashes against roadside safety barriers
• Train crashworthiness and its impact on society
• Application of Computer-Aided analysis tools for aircraft occupant and seat crashworthiness problems

Issue 3

• Development of a side facing seat and seat belt system for the Australian Army Perentie 4×4
• Pedestrian impact and run over using a multibody simulation tool
• Efficient implicit schemes for the treatment of the contact between deformable bodies: Application to shock-absorber devices
• Performance validation of two finite element models Of a side impact dummy
• Mechanisms of Ankle and Hind-foot Injuries to Drivers and Passengers in Frontal Crashes as Deduced from Field Studies
• Effects of temperature on the crash behaviour of glass fibre reinforced polyamide 12

Issue 2

• High-speed passenger train crashworthiness and occupant survivability
• Modifications to Existing Rolling Stock to Improve Crashworthiness
• The prediction of frontal impact crashworthiness of a spaceframe sportscar
• Analysis of pedestrian head impacts to the bonnets of European vehicles
• The concept of double-walled sandwich columns for energy absorption
• Energy absorption of riveted structures
• Composite vehicle structural crashworthiness - A status of design methodology and numerical simulation techniques

Issue 1

• Analysis and evaluation of a redesigned 3″ ×3″ slipbase sign support system using finite element simulations
• Multibody modelling of a side impact test apparatus
• Finite element modelling of the human body in vehicle side impact
• Vehicle structural impact and occupant biomechanics in a multibody integrated environment
• A Study of Standards for Child Restraint System Sled Tests
• A feasibility study for an optimising algorithm to guide car structure design under side impact loading
• Finite element modelling of fracture in long bones

1998

Issue 4

• Mechanisms of cervical spine fractures and soft tissue injuries of motorcyclists for the assessment of the effectiveness of back protectors
• Frontal impacts with small partial overlap: real life data from crash recorders
• The simulation of real world car to pedestrian accidents using a pedestrian humanoid finite element model
• The response of square cross-section tubes under lateral impact loading
• Finite element transient dynamic analysis of laminated composite Pretwisted rotating plates subjected to impact
• Kinematics of SID on side-facing aircraft seat

Issue 3

• A study on crushing characteristics of thick-walled aluminum tubes under axial loading
• Analysis of airbag depowering and related parameters in out of position environment
• Validation of an Analytical Model of a Right-Angle Collision between a Vehicle and a Fixed, Rigid Object
• Collapse of thin-walled empty and filled square tubes under lateral loading between rigid plates
• Serious neck injury in rollovers - is roof crush a factor?
• Static and dynamic bending strength of the leg
• International Crashworthiness Conference – IJCRASH'98

Issue 2

• Side Impact Protection - Occupants in the Far-Side Seat
• Compatibility analysis of Mini cars in frontal collisions using MADYMO
• Tracking the energy in an energy absorbing guardrail terminal
• Injury mechanisms and criteria for the human foot and ankle under axial impacts to the foot
• Thermal influence on mild steel behaviour during a crash event
• An investigation on the impact performance of pipelines

Issue 1

• The Influence of Frontal Crash Test Speeds on the Compatibility of Passenger Cars in Real World Accidents
• Promoting safety using retrospective large databases
• Estimating crash performance for new car design
• Vehicle safety in Australia using real world crash data
• Benefit of in depth data for analysing injury mechanisms of accidents with bicyclists and motorcyclists
• Reconstructing crashes involving emergency braking on wet roads
• Taxonomy of heavy vehicle accidents

1997

Issue 4

• Effect of an Ultralight Metal Filler on the Torsional Crushing Behaviour of Thin-Walled Prismatic Columns
• The use of finite element analysis in roadside hardware design
• Plastic collapse of metallic conical frusta of large semi-apical angles
• Paediatric Neck Modelling using Finite Element Analysis

Issue 3

• Editorial: Regulations Vs. Crash Test Vehicle Rating Systems
• Finite element model and validation of a surrogate crash test vehicle for impacts with roadside objects
• Mathematical simulation of knee responses associated with leg fracture in car-pedestrian accidents
• A study on large deflection of thin-walled tubes under pure bending
• Automobile side impact modelling using ATB software

Issue 2

• Improving bus rollover design through modal analysis
• The Development of a ‘Smart Seat’ Occupant Size and Position Sensing System for the Enhancement of Occupant Protection
• Mechanics of a mechanically triggered airbag head restraint system for occupant protection in rear end impact
• Brain kinematics in physical model tests with translational and rotational acceleration
• Biomechanics of cervical spinal cord injury in flexion and extension: A physical model to estimate spinal cord deformations
• Impact biomechanics of the human thorax-abdomen complex

Issue 1

• Response of helmets in direct and oblique impacts
• Numerical simulation of the Lynx helicopter main lift-frame component collapse
• Aviation safety and crashworthy seat design
• Evaluation and design of vehicle structures for crash protection - a systems approach
• A multibody approach to the vehicle and occupant integrated simulation
• FASIM_C++ - A versatile developing environment for vehicle dynamics simulation
• Vehicle Frontal Crashworthiness Analysis by Simplified Structure Modeling using Nonlinear Spring and Beam Elements
• Thoracic response and injury with belt, driver side airbag, and force limited belt restraint systems

1996

Issue 4

• Evaluation of parameters affecting simulation of airbag deployment and interaction with occupants
• Analysis of energy-absorbing seat configurations for aircraft
• Optimal design of composite fuselage frames for crashworthiness
• MADYMO models of the human and dummy lower limbs to investigate biomechanical responses
• Development of the Heathrow Express crashworthy rail vehicle
• Simulation of brain kinematics in closed head impact

Issue 3

• Finite element impact response analysis of doubly curved composite sandwich shells Part-II : numerical results
• Parameter estimation for head impacts and brain injury in crash reconstruction
• Energy absorption for a truck-front bumper bar
• A study on crushing behaviour and energy absorption capacity of a thin-walled rectangular tube under axial compression
• An investigation of fracture mechanisms of carbon epoxy laminates subjected to impact and compression-after-impact loading
• Computer simulation of impact damage on thin-skinned carbon fibre composite panels
• The effect of multiple impact damage on the residual compressive strength of composite structures
• Side impact protection: the use of 3-D reinforced composite panels

Issue 2

• Development of energy absorbing devices using a kinetostatic multibody dynamics methodology
• A side airbag system to meet chest injury measures: evaluation by mathematical simulations
• Predicting the crashworthiness of vehicle structures made by lightweight design materials and innovative joining methods
• An evaluation of deformation based Chest Injury Criteria using a hybrid III finite element model
• Finite element impact response analysis of doubly curved composite sandwich shells Part-I: theoretical formulation
• Calculation of the dynamic axial crushing response of complex prismatic sections
• Non-destructive crash testing

Issue 1

• Introduction to crashworthiness
• Modelling verification of an airframe section and comparisons with impact test
• Structural crashworthiness simulation of a rear end collision of a small European car
• A mathematical model of the BIOSID dummy
• Modelling of occupant biomechanics with emphasis on the analysis of lower extremity injuries
• Lessons learned in modeling a moving deformable barrier (MDB) impacting a rigid wall
• Strain rate and inertial effects in free external inversion of tubes
• Non-destructive crash testing

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