Citation

Doorly MC, Gilchrist MD. Comput. Methods Biomech. Biomed. Eng. 2006; 9(6): 371-377.

Affiliation

UCD School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin4, Ireland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10255840601003551

PMID

17145671

Abstract

Brain injury is the leading cause of death in those aged under 45 years in both Europe and the USA. The objective of this research is to reconstruct and analyse real world cases of accidental head injury, thereby providing accurate data, which can be used subsequently to develop clinical tolerance levels associated with particular traumatic injuries and brain lesions. This paper looks at using numerical modelling techniques, namely multibody body dynamics and finite element methods, to reconstruct two real-life accident cases arising from falls. Preliminary results show the levels of acceleration of the head and deformation of brain tissue correspond well to those found by other researchers, suggesting that this method is suitable for modeling head-injury accidents.

Language: en