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Download fileA computational model of the human head and neck system for the analysis of whiplash motion
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posted on 2016-07-20, 15:03 authored by David W. van Lopik, Memis AcarThis paper presents the development and validation of a three-dimensional multi-body model of the human head and neck for the study of whiplash motion. The model has been validated against experimental data for small and large static loading conditions. The resulting main and coupled displacements of the individual motion segments have been shown to be accurate and the moment generating capacity of the neck muscle elements realistic. The model has been used for the dynamic simulation of impacts in frontal, lateral and rear-end directions. For rear-end impacts the characteristics of ‘whiplash’ motion have been accurately reproduced in terms of head and vertebral kinematics The model results with active musculature suggest that, for rear-end impact, the influence of active muscle response is unable to significantly alter the head and neck kinematics of an initially unaware occupant but will affect the forces developed in the cervical soft-tissues.
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Published in
International Journal of CrashworthinessVolume
9Issue
(5)Pages
465 - 473Citation
VAN LOPIK, D.W. and ACAR, M., 2004. A computational model of the human head and neck system for the analysis of whiplash motion. International Journal of Crashworthiness, 9 (5), pp.465-473Publisher
Taylor & Francis (© Woodhead Publishing Ltd)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2004Notes
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Crashworthiness on 8th July 2010, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1533/ijcr.2004.0302ISSN
1358-8265Publisher version
Language
- en