Accident Analysis and Prevention: Experimental & Numerical Approaches

Dear Colleagues,

Accidents are a daily occurrence in our lives, in many different activities and scenarios, from sports to traffic, from home to work environments, from accidents to criminal offences. The usual outcome is some kind of injury, which could range from minor, soft injuries to severe, lethal injuries.

Numerical and exprimental methods have been continuously improved in order to provide better analysis of accident scenarios, evaluate their outcomes and provide effective frameworks for their prevention.

In this Special Issue we expect to collect a set of contributions on topics that may include, but are not limited to the studies of human and environmental aspects prior to accidents; the type and severity of accidents; the design and implementation of passive and active protective devices; the biomechanics of impact and resulting injuries; and statistics and decision-making tools.

Papers reporting new and unpliblished advances on any aspect of these topics are welcomed.

Prof. Ricardo Alves de Sousa
Dr. Mariusz Ptak
Guest Editors

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