Citation

Lee HP, Wang F. Comput. Methods Biomech. Biomed. Eng. 2010; 13(5): 523-535.

Affiliation

Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10255840903317402

PMID

20013436

Abstract

Head trauma injury due to impact by a flying golf ball is one of the most severe possible injury accidents on the golf course. Numerical simulations based on the finite element method are presented to investigate head injury in children due to impact by a flying golf ball. The stress and energy flow patterns in a head model during the golf ball impact are computed for various combinations of striking speed, falling angle of the golf ball before impact, and impact location. It is found that a child is more prone to head injury due to golf ball impact on the frontal and side/temporal areas. The simulated results are found to conform to the clinical reports on children's head injuries from flying golf balls.

Language: en