Open AccessImpact Device for Biomechanics of Human Head-Neck Injuries
Author(s) -
José Luis Rueda Arreguín,
Marco Ceccarelli,
Christopher René TorresSanMiguel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mathematical problems in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1026-7077
pISSN - 1024-123X
DOI - 10.1155/2021/5592673
Subject(s) - biomechanics , head (geology) , inertial measurement unit , impact , displacement (psychology) , acceleration , neck injury , angular acceleration , human head , head and neck , angular displacement , units of measurement , simulation , engineering , fictitious force , computer science , structural engineering , poison control , acoustics , physics , aerospace engineering , medicine , geology , surgery , mechanics , anatomy , finite element method , psychotherapist , environmental health , psychology , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , geomorphology
This paper describes experimental tests in LARM2 in Rome to analyze impacts on a human head. The tests consist of performing three different types of impact by hitting a commercial head mannequin with a rigid object. Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensors and force sensors measure each impact’s effect and evaluate the results. The sensors are located on suitable head points to monitor force, acceleration, and angular displacement on small and large lateral impact and top impact events. Results of tests are discussed to investigate and characterize the biomechanics in human head impacts. Considerations from results are used to formulate a new criterion for head-neck injury by impacts.
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