This study focuses on the effect of skull fracture on the load transfer to the head for low-
velocity frontal impact of the head against a rigid wall or being impacted by a heavy …

Despite the broad use of helmets, incidence of concussion remains high. Current methods
for helmet evaluation focus on the measurement of head kinematics as the primary tool for …

Introduction Because brain regions are responsible for specific functions, regional damage
may cause specific, predictable symptoms. However, the existing brain injury criteria focus …

Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is a severe form of traumatic brain injury and often induced by
blunt trauma. The closed head impact acceleration (IA) model is the most widely used rodent …

Head injury is the primary cause of serious lesions or death in automobile accidents. During
crash tests, the mass and centre-of-mass position of the head of anthropometric test devices …

Standards for sports headgear were introduced as far back as the 1960s and many have
remained substantially unchanged to present day. Since this time, headgear has virtually …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant public health problem, on pace to become the
third leading cause of death worldwide by 2020. Moreover, emerging evidence linking …

Computational models of the human brain are widely used in the evaluation and
development of helmets and other protective equipment. These models are often attempted …

Multiple injury-causing mechanisms, such as wave propagation, skull flexure, cavitation, and
head acceleration, have been proposed to explain blast-induced traumatic brain injury …

Computational modeling provides significant benefits in assessing the helmet performance
and identifying promising helmet designs. We develop multi-fidelity computational tools …