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On the Use of the Head Injury Criterion (HIC) in Protective Headgear Evaluation
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The validity and appropriateness of the application of the Head Injury Criterion (HICm) concept to motorcycle helmet testing has been examined. Its derivation has been reviewed and its logic assessed. It is shown to be an inconsistent and unreliable criterion for helmet performance evaluation. This inconsistency stems primarily from its poor correlation with experimental data and from the basic assumption that the seriousness of a head impact can be ascertained by considering only a portion of the test headform acceleration pulse. Several alternative criteria which all are physically sound and mathematically consistent and which are more amenable to protective headgear design and testing are proposed. These criteria include force and loading time minimization; load distribution; minimization of loading rate and maximization of energy dissipation.
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Newman, J., "On the Use of the Head Injury Criterion (HIC) in Protective Headgear Evaluation," SAE Technical Paper 751162, 1975, https://doi.org/10.4271/751162.Also In
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