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Title
Simulated depiction of head and brain injuries in the context of cellularbased materials in passive safety devices

ISSN printed: 1733-8670, ISSN on-line: 2392-0378
Wilhelm, Johannes1; Ptak, Mariusz2; Rusiński, Eugeniusz3
URI: https://repository.am.szczecin.pl/handle/123456789/2396
2017-07-06
The performance of passive safety devices to protect vulnerable road users, or otherwise endangered persons, from severe injuries in cases of impacts and accidents has improved notably in recent decades. The devices’ levels of performance appear to have plateaued but the numbers of severe injuries and deaths caused in such incidents could be decreased further if new solutions are found. At first, the possibilities for improving the impact behavior of passive safety devices may appear to be restricted to device geometry; however, it is in fact also possible to rethink the applied materials and to utilize natural principles in their design. In this study, impact related brain injury mechanisms and injury criteria are investigated using dynamic simulations and Finite Element Head Models, results from which are compared with data collected from real-life accidents. As these tools are advancing considerably in terms of accuracy, information density and complexity, they provide, like expert knowledge from the fields of biomechanics, biomedicine and neuroscience, valuable input for further development.
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Title

Simulated depiction of head and brain injuries in the context of cellularbased materials in passive safety devices

Pages

98-104

Figures

7

Tables

0

ISSN printed

1733-8670

ISSN on-line

2392-0378

DOI

10.17402/222

Type

Original scientific article

Journal

50 Scientific Journals of the Maritime University of Szczecin, no. 50 / 2017

Publisher

Scientific Journals Maritime University of Szczecin, Zeszyty Naukowe Akademia Morska w Szczecinie

Copyright Holder

Scientific Journals Maritime University of Szczecin, Zeszyty Naukowe Akademia Morska w Szczecinie

Published

2017-07-06

Recieved

2017-04-11

Accepted

2017-06-07

Funding

No data

Keywords

passive safety, Cork, EPS, energy absorption, injury criteria, injury mechanism, FE Head Brain Model, dynamic simulation

URI:

https://repository.am.szczecin.pl/handle/123456789/2396

Language

English

Authors

Wilhelm, Johannes1; Ptak, Mariusz2; Rusiński, Eugeniusz3

Affiliation

1 Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Department of Machine Design and Research 7/9 Łukasiewicza St., 50-371 Wrocław, Poland, johannes.wilhelm@pwr.edu.pl
2 Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Department of Machine Design and Research 7/9 Łukasiewicza St., 50-371 Wrocław, Poland, mariusz.ptak@pwr.edu.pl
3 Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Department of Machine Design and Research 7/9 Łukasiewicza St., 50-371 Wrocław, Poland, eugeniusz.rusinski@pwr.edu.pl

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