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Chiara Silvestri

Publications

Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Journal Articles

• Silvestri C., Ray H.M. 2009 “Development of a Finite Element Model of the Knee-Thigh-Hip of a 50th Percentile Male including Ligaments and Muscles”, International Journal of Crashworthiness, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp: 215-229.

• Ray, M.H., Silvestri, C., Conron, C.E., Mongiardini, M. 2009 “Experience with Cable Median Barriers in United States:  Design Standards, Policies and Performance”, Journal of Transportation, American Society of Civil Engineers.

• Silvestri, C., Conron C.E., 2009 “Proposed Policy for Highway Design and Maintenance for the Reduction of the Tree Crashes”, IRF Examiner.

Conference Publications/Proceedings, Reviewed

• Silvestri C., Ray H.M. November 2009 “An LS-DYNA Finite Element Parametric Study for Relation of Out-of-Position Failure Modes of the Lower Extremity to Abbreviated Injury Scale Level 2+ and 3+”, Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Lake Buena Vista, FL.

• Silvestri C., Peck R.L., Billiar L.K., Ray H.M. 2009 “Validation of a New Finite Element Model for Human Knee Ligaments for Use in High Speed Automotive Collisions”, 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA.

• Mongiardini M., Silvestri C., Ray H.M. 2009 “Quantitative Validation of a Finite Element Model of a Knee-Thigh-Hip Complex of a 50^th Percentile Male”, 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA.

• Silvestri C., Ray H.M. 2009 “Finite Element Investigation of Out-of-Position Failure Modes for the Knee-Thigh-Hip of a 50^th Percentile Male During a Frontal Car Crash”, 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA.

• Silvestri C., Mongiardini M., Ray H.M. 2009 “Improvements and Validation to an LS-DYNA Model of the Knee-Thigh-Hip of a 50^th Percentile Male Including Muscles and Ligaments”, LS-DYNA Conference, Salzburg, Austria.

• Conron, C.E., Silvestri, C., Ray, M.H. 2009 “A Policy Recommendation for the Reduction of Tree Crashes”, Transportation Research Forum 50^th Annual Forum Conference Proceedings, Portland, OR.

• Conron, C.E., Silvestri, C., Gagne, A., Ray, M.H. 2009 “Using Public Information and Graphics Software in Graduate Highway Safety Research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute”, American Society for Engineering Education 63rd Annual Midyear Meeting, CA, USA.

• Ray H.M., Silvestri C., Conron E.C., Albin, R.B. 2008 “Assessment of Fatality Risk in Collision with Cable Median Barriers in the State of Washington.”, Sixth International Conference on Computer Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation, WIT Press, Cephalonia, Greece.

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