Biomechanical aspects of blunt and penentrating head injuries

Solid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 124, Issue , 2005, Pages 173-184

  Yoganandan, Narayan ^a   Pintar, Frank A ^a   Zhang, Jiangyue ^a   Gennarelli, Thomas A ^a   Beuse, Nathaniel ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Brain injury; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS); Head injury criteria; Penetrating trauma; Skull fracture

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE TESTING; BIOMECHANICS;

BRAIN INJURY; FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD (FMVSS); HEAD INJURY CRITERION; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SKULL FRACTURE;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

EID: 84860736735     PISSN: 18753507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3796-1_18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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