FEA of Helmet-head Injury Protection Based on Motorcycle Accident Reconstruction

Head impact usually causes fatalities of riders in motorcycle accidents. The use of helmet can protect head effectively and the study of head injury mechanism is useful in safety helmet design and head injury risk decrease. A real motorcycle-passenger car accident was reconstructed in order to simul...

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Published in2013 Fifth International Conference on Measuring Technology and Mechatronics Automation pp. 570 - 573
Main Authors Jiguang Chen, Jikuang Yang, Zhou Xuenong, Zhang Chao, Yu Xiaoping, Li Weiqiang, Wang Meichuan
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.01.2013
Subjects
absorption test
accident reconstruction
Automation
finite element helmet
head injury
Mechatronics
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Summary:Head impact usually causes fatalities of riders in motorcycle accidents. The use of helmet can protect head effectively and the study of head injury mechanism is useful in safety helmet design and head injury risk decrease. A real motorcycle-passenger car accident was reconstructed in order to simulate and analyze the motion, impact velocity, impact angle in the collision. In order to study the dynamic response of helmeted head during the accident impact processing, an effective helmet model was constructed and validated. Coupling with the finite element model of human head, the injury mechanism of head and relevant parameters of biomechanics were studied and the protection ability of helmet was analyzed. It was found that the presence of helmet reduces the probility of head injury.
ISBN:9781467356527
1467356522
ISSN:2157-1473
DOI:10.1109/ICMTMA.2013.142