Motorcycle crash-related fatalities and injuries have a relatively increasing tendency compared to other vehicles. The new development of safety devices and technologies for prediction of their behaviour are therefore also increasingly important. Motorcycles have the least amount of protective devices amongst vehicles. A small disturbance in the motion of motorcycles can expose the riders to severe impacts leading to injuries especially in the appendicular part of the body, but the severest injury is usually to the head. Head injuries are the most common cause of death amongst motorcyclists (approximately 45 %). Thus, naturally, the main protective equipment preventing motorcyclists from fatal injuries is the helmet. In this study, detailed finite element models of helmet and human head are used to simulate and analyse the impacts on a protected and unprotected head in a scenario typical for motorcycle-related collisions.


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    Title :

    Assessing motorcycle crash-related head injuries using finite element simulations


    Additional title:

    Bewertung der auf Motorradunfälle zurückzuführende Kopfverletzungen mit Hilfe von Finite-Element-Simulationen


    Contributors:
    Toma, M. (author) / Njilie, F.E.A. (author) / Ghajari, M. (author) / Galvanetto, U. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2010


    Size :

    9 Seiten, 9 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 20 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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