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Trauma Biomechanics – new edition

The book Trauma Biomechanics - An Introduction to Injury Biomechanics has now appeared in the 5th edition, respectively. For more information please visit our publications section.

AGU seminar 2019

The hand-out of our last AGU Seminar (16 January 2019) are now available for download under Publikationen

On-site impact testing of ice hockey boards

In a previous study the AGU developed a new pendulum for testing ice hockey boards.This test device allows to test the boards in on-site szenarios. As part of this research,…

VIRTUAL: Successful workshop in Berlin

In context of the EU project VIRTUAL, a workshop on open-source human body modeling was held on October 17 in Berlin. The workshop attracted over 40 international experts on human…

Research: Testing ice hockey dasher boards

A new impactor was developed for improved testing of ice hockey boards. The instrumented impactor is built of a steel tube covered with neoprene foam and filled with rigidly mounted…

Research: radar detectability of two-wheelers

Advanced driver assistance systems such as adaptive cruise control (ACC) or autonomous emergency braking (AED) make use of radar technology to detect other vehicles. However, the systems recognize two-wheelers only…

Research: new EU-funded project

AGU is partner of the EU-funded research project VIRTUAL - Open access virtual testing protocols for enhanced road users safety. VIRTUAL’s objective is to improve the safety of road users…

Research: testing ice hockey boards

A mobile system to assess the performance of ice hockey dasher boards was developed by AGU. Today the system was presented at Bossard Arena in Zug. Utilizing a standardised pendulum…

Crash database: new cases added

In 2017, 6 new tests were added to the data base. Popular vehicles ranging from a Opel Mokka to Volvo XC60 were tested in rear-end and frontal crashes at low…

AGU Seminar 2018

The hand-out of our last AGU Seminar (10 January 2018) are now available for download under Publikationen