Development of a Rubber-Like Headform Skin Model for Predicting the Head Injury Criterion (HIC)

950883

02/01/1995

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International Congress & Exposition
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This paper describes the development of a rubber-like skin Finite Elements Model (FEM) for the Hybrid III headform and an experimental method to determine its material properties. The finite element modeling procedures, using material parameters derived from tests conducted on the headform skin (rubber) material, are described. Dynamic responses and computations of HIC using the developed headform model show that an Elastic-Plastic Hydrodynamic (EPH) material model of the rubber can be used for headform impact simulations. The results obtained from the headform simulation using an EPH rubber material model and drop tower tests of the headform on both a rigid and a deformable structure will be compared, in order to show the applicability of the EPH model.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/950883
Pages
14
Citation
Bilkhu, S., Uduma, K., Founas, M., and Nusholtz, G., "Development of a Rubber-Like Headform Skin Model for Predicting the Head Injury Criterion (HIC)," SAE Technical Paper 950883, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/950883.
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Published
Feb 1, 1995
Product Code
950883
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English