Measurements of brain deformations under injurious loading scenarios are actively sought.
In this work, we report experimentally measured head kinematics and corresponding …

Trauma to the brain is a biomechanical problem where the initiating event is a dynamic
loading (blunt, inertial, blast) to the head. To understand the relationship between the …

Head surrogates are widely used in biomechanical research and headgear assessment.
They are designed to approximate the inertial and mechanical properties of the head and …

This study is aimed to develop a high quality, extensively validated finite element (FE)
human head model for enhanced head injury prediction and prevention. The geometry of …

In studying traumatic brain injury (TBI), it has been long hypothesized that the head is more
vulnerable to injury from impacts in certain directions or locations, as the relationship …

Military personnel sustain head and brain injuries as a result of ballistic, blast, and blunt
impact threats. Combat helmets are meant to protect the heads of these personnel during …

This study is aimed to develop a next-generation, high quality, extensively validated finite
element (FE) human head model for enhanced head injury prediction and prevention. The …

It has been proposed that neck muscle activation may play a role in head response resulting
from impacts in American Football. The importance of neck stiffness and active musculature …

Linking head kinematics to injury risk has been the focus of numerous brain injury criteria.
Although many early forms were developed using mechanics principles, recent criteria have …

Mild traumatic brain injuries are typically caused by nonpenetrating head impacts that
accelerate the skull and result in deformation of the brain within the skull. The shear and …