Biomechanics of head injury in frontal impacts.

Author(s)
Carême, L.M.M.
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Abstract

In order to define parameters that control the design of occupant protection systems, a biomechanical engineering approach to injury causation was used. From review of 87 autopsies applied to victims of pure frontal collisions, an injury level for the brain was specified in terms of the magnitude and history of some mechanical parameters. Peak and average linear and angular accelerations, their duration and rate of onset, intra-cranial pressure and force and energy applied to the cranium have been utilized for this purpose.

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C 473 (In: C 463 [electronic version only]) /84 /91 / IRRD 850628
Source

In: Vehicle crashworthiness and occupant protection in frontal collisions : proceedings of the 1990 SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 26 - March 2, 1990, p. 93-102, 21 ref.

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