Samenvatting
This paper discusses the effects of high-speed blunt trauma to the eye. The tests present a nonlinear finite element model of the eye and the results of 22 experiments using human eyes to validate for globe rupture injury prediction. The Virginia Tech Eye Model (VTEM) used is believed to give an accurate human response to eye trauma. The purpose of the prediction of globe rupture in the eye is that it will reduce the need for experimentation every time a question is asked as to what types of injury can be expected due to a given type of loading, such as that predicted by an airbag and in automobile crashes.