Influence of stiffness and shape of contact surface on skull fractures and biomechanical metrics of the human head of different population underlateral impacts. Accid Anal Prev 2015 Jul;80:97-105
Date
04/22/2015Pubmed ID
25897516DOI
10.1016/j.aap.2015.04.004Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84927770231 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 17 CitationsAbstract
The objective of this study was to determine the responses of 5th-percentile female, and 50th- and 95th-percentile male human heads during lateral impacts at different velocities and determine the role of the stiffness and shape of the impacting surface on peak forces and derived skull fracture metrics. A state-of-the-art validated finite element (FE) head model was used to study the influence of different population human heads on skull fracture for lateral impacts. The mass of the FE head model was altered to match the adult size dummies. Numerical simulations of lateral head impacts for 45 cases (15 experiments×3 different population human heads) were performed at velocities ranging from 2.4 to 6.5m/s and three impacting conditions (flat and cylindrical 90D; and flat 40D padding). The entire force-time signals from simulations were compared with experimental mean and upper/lower corridors at each velocity, stiffness (40 and 90 durometer) and shapes (flat and cylindrical) of the impacting surfaces. Average deviation of peak force from the 50th male to 95th male and 5th female were 6.4% and 10.6% considering impacts on the three impactors. These results indicate hierarchy of variables which can be used in injury mitigation efforts.
Author List
Shaoo D, Deck C, Yoganandan N, Willinger RAuthor
Narayan Yoganandan PhD Professor in the Neurosurgery department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultBiomechanical Phenomena
Cadaver
Craniocerebral Trauma
Female
Finite Element Analysis
Head
Humans
Male
Mechanical Phenomena
Skull
Skull Fractures
