Citation

DiMasi FP, Eppinger RH, Bandak FA. Proc. Stapp Car Crash Conf. 1995; 39: 425-438.

Affiliation

Department of Transportation, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Society of Automotive Engineers SAE)

DOI

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PMID

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Abstract

A computational procedure for estimating damage on the soft tissue of the brain, by replicating transitional and rotational dynamic loads experienced during actual crash testing has been described. Data from 3-2-2-2 array of accelerometers located within the dummy headpart are used to extract a complete 6 DOF characterization of the headpart translational and rotational velocity and momentum field. These data are used as input to a finite element model of the brain to compute Cumulative Strain Damage Measure values in response to dynamic loads applied using actual crash test data.