VEHICLE DESIGN WITH SAFETY IN MIND: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE VOLVO EXPERIENCE

This brief article serves as an introduction to this issue of the International Journal of Vehicle Design. Following comments on Volvo's status as of 1981, mention is made of the various topics covered by papers in this issue. Among these topics are safety design philosophy, ejection problems, simulation of crash dummy behavior, a dynamic test method for front structures, a method of five testing cars, vehicle dynamics, human factors, safety devices, vehicle reliability, and fuel efficiency.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Inderscience Enterprises Limited

  La Motte Chambers
  St Helier, Jersey,   England 
• Authors:
  • Gustafsson, R
• Publication Date: 1983-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 99-102
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Vehicle Design
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1477-5360
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Vehicle design; Vehicle safety
• Identifier Terms: Volvo Car Corporation
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379762
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 133
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1983 12:00AM