Francisco J. Lopez-Valdes

Child occupant protection in buses and coaches: A parametric study of restraint systems in frontal crashes

Objective The newly approved UN Regulation No. 170 addresses the proper protection of children in buses and coaches. This study aims to evaluate the head kinematics and spinal loads of 3- and 6-year-old child human body models with and without a child restraint system (CRS) in bu...