Modeling of the human head under impact conditions: A parametric study

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Claessens, Maurice ^a   Sauren, Fons ^b   Wismans, Jac ^b  

^a AUDI AG   (Germany)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

BRAIN INTERFACES; CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; DETAILED MODELING; EIGEN FREQUENCIES; INTRA-CRANIAL PRESSURE; MODAL CHARACTERISTICS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; REFERENCE MODELING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 85072477517     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/973338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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