Numerical modeling of the human head under impact: New injury mechanisms and tolerance limits

Solid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 124, Issue , 2005, Pages 195-203

  Baumgartner, Daniel ^a   Willinger, Rémy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Accident reconstruction; Biomechanics of impact; Finite Element Method (FEM); Human head; Injury mechanisms; Tolerance limits

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; SHEAR STRAIN; STRAIN ENERGY;

ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS OF IMPACTS; HUMAN HEAD; INJURY MECHANISMS; TOLERANCE LIMITS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84860767826     PISSN: 18753507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3796-1_20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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