Brain injury prediction for indy race car drivers using finite element model of the human head

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Zhang, Liying ^a   Begeman, Paul ^a   Melvin, John W ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; RACING AUTOMOBILES; STRAIN RATE;

DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS; HEAD ACCELERATIONS; HEAD INJURIES; HEAD PROTECTION; INJURY PREDICTION; MODEL RESULTS; PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS; WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 85072438291     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2004-01-3539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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