Brain injury biomechanics in real world vehicle accident using mathematical models

Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering (English Edition)

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 81-86

  Yang, Jikuang ^a   Xu, Wei ^a   Otte, Dietmar ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Head injury; Real world vehicle accident; Skull brain FE model

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN MODELS; HEALTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANISMS; NEUROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SHEAR STRAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VEHICLES;

BIOFIDELITY; BIOMECHANICAL RESPONSE; BRAIN ANATOMY; BRAIN INJURY; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FE MODELLING; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; HEAD IMPACT; HEAD INJURIES; HEAD INJURY; HEAD MODELING; HUMAN HEAD; IN-VEHICLE; INJURY MECHANISMS; INTRA-CRANIAL PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MULTI-BODY SYSTEM MODEL; PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; REAL-WORLD; REAL-WORLD VEHICLE ACCIDENT; SKULL-BRAIN FE MODEL; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 52249104036     PISSN: 10009345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3901/CJME.2008.04.081     Document Type: Article

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