Samenvatting
An experimental study of the dynamic loading of a simple model of the human head is described. Water-filled spherical shells one aluminum and one acrylic plastic- were loaded by impact with ½, 1 and 2-in.dia. steel spheres. Strain measurements on the shells and pressure measurements in the fluid were obtained. Comparisons between the experimental data and the predictions of an elastic shell-compressible in viscid fluid analytical model were effected. Implications of the results for head injury are discussed.