Identification and prediction of injuries with long-term consequences
Injuries to the head and upper extremity body regions more commonly result in long-term consequences than injuries to other regions of the body. This project focuses on enhancing understanding of injuries in these body regions, including development of injury assessment tools and methods. In addition, a method for predicting risk of long-term consequences, using the human body model, SAFER HBM, was developed and applied in various head and upper extremity impact studies. To evaluate the applicability of various global head injury criteria for prediction of head injury risk in bicycle helmet evaluations and automotive occupant protection systems, a number of studies were carried out, including: (i) Bicycle helmet impact tests (ii) Comparison of state-of-the art finite element (FE) head models for short and long duration pulses (iii) Free motion headform (FMH) impact tests (iv) Airbag evaluation in frontal oblique impact In these studies, global head injury criteria based on linear acceleration and rotational velocity were evaluated.
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Fordonsstrategisk Forskning och Innovation (FFI)
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Authors:
- Pipkorn, Bengt
- Fahlstedt, Madelen
- Alvarez, Victor
- Björklund, Magnus
- Jakobsson, Lotta
- Publication Date: 2021
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 50p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air bags; Anthropometry; Arm; Brain; Crash tests; Cyclists; Drivers; Finite element method; Head; Helmets; Injuries; Protective clothing; Rotation; Scale models; Simulation
- ITRD Terms: 1465: Air bag (restraint system); 2012: Arm (human); 2055: Body (human); 2030: Brain; 1687: Crash helmet; 1742: Cyclist; 1772: Driver; 6490: Finite element method; 2031: Head (human); 1648: Impact test (crash); 2163: Injury; 6205: Model (not math); 6406: Rotation; 9103: Simulation
- Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01844907
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
- Files: ITRD, VTI
- Created Date: May 6 2022 5:08PM