Predicting brain injury under impact with a strain measure from analytical models

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-348

  Zou, H ^a   Schmiedeler, J P ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical models; Diffuse axonal injury; Finite element models; Head impact; Head injury criterion; Strain deformation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILES; BRAIN MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; NEUROLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SHEARING MACHINES;

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; APPLIED (CO); BRAIN INJURY (BI); BRAIN TISSUES; COMPUTATIONAL CAPACITY; CORONAL PLANES; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); HEAD INJURY CRITERION (HIC); HEAD MODELING; HUMAN HEAD MODELING; MATE RIAL PROPERTIES; MAXIMUM SHEAR (MS); NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA); SAGITTAL PLANE; SIDE IMPACTS; STRAIN DEFORMATION; STRAIN MEASURING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI);

SHEAR STRAIN;

EID: 46249128073     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588260801943047     Document Type: Article

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