Influence of the body on kinematic and tissue level head injury predictors in motorcyclists accidents

International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury - 2009 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Injury, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 275-286

  Ghajari, Mazdak ^a   Galvanetto, Ugo ^b   Iannuc, Lorenzo ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drop tests; Energy absorption; Finite element method; Helmets; Hybrid III

Indexed keywords

DROP TEST; FE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT; HEAD INJURIES; HELMETS; HUMAN HEAD; HYBRID III; IMPACT TEST; IMPACT VELOCITIES; TISSUE LEVELS;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; DROPS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; KINEMATICS; SAFETY DEVICES; TISSUE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84855872328     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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