A Study of Impacts to the Lateral Protected and Unprotected Head

811006

10/01/1981

Event
25th Stapp Car Crash Conference (1981)
Authors Abstract
Content
In an earlier series of papers, we reported on the results of a study of frontal impacts to cadaver heads which were protected and unprotected. New data is presented to quantify head response to laterally directed impacts. The temporo-parietal area of the head in stationary unembalmed cadaver subjects was struck by a rigid impactor mass. Both helmeted and unhelmeted exposures were compared. Data collected included impactor energy, intracranial pressures at selected locations, and composite analyses from a nine accelerometer array system. In addition the data was entered into a finite element head model. Stresses and strains were predicted for various intracranial locations. The applicability of head injury indices in understanding lateral head impact are commented on.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/811006
Pages
29
Citation
Nahum, A., Ward, C., Schneider, D., Raasch, F. et al., "A Study of Impacts to the Lateral Protected and Unprotected Head," SAE Technical Paper 811006, 1981, https://doi.org/10.4271/811006.
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Publisher
Published
Oct 1, 1981
Product Code
811006
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English