Abstract
Until quite recently, whiplash has been regarded an injury as a result of low-speed rear-end road vehicle impacts. However, recent statistical traffic accident analysis research showed that whiplash injury due to frontal impacts is at least as serious as the rear-end one. This article comprises various computational modelling work and experimental results in order to bring insight to frontal whiplash and associated head-neck disorders. A state-of-the-art computational platform composed of MADYMO models, finite element models of the soft tissues of the head-and-neck complex such as cervical intervertebral discs, and a biofidelic multi-body model of the head and neck is presented. The models are used in conjunction with one another for either comparison or data transfer purposes. All computational models are simulated for various impact severities. Results such as neck forces and moments, and stress levels on the discs are presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of ICRASH2012 – International Crashworthiness Conference, Milano, Italy |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-907153-02-0 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- whiplash
- frontal impact
- human model
- head and neck
- sled test
- intervertebral disc