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RESEARCH REGARDING THE SEVERITY OF THE INJURY OF THE PEDESTRIANS HEAD WITH THE VEHICLES BONNET

10.15660/AUOFMTE.2015-1.3102

Daniel TRUSCA, Bogdan TOLEA, Ionut RADU

truscadan@gmail.com

Volume XXIV (XIV), 2015/1

The purpose of the paper is to determine the severity of the head injury during the collision of a vehicle’s bonnet with the head of the pedestrian by using an experimental test bench. In this research were used two types of bonnets: a normal bonnet and a pop-up bonnet. Is intended to find the differences in head injuries of a vehicle equipped with a pop-up bonnet and a vehicle equipped with a standard bonnet.

Keywords— collision, experimental test, hood, injury, pedestrian

ISSN 1583-0691, CNCSIS "Clasa B+"