Chinese Journal Of Clinical Anatomy ›› 2013, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 572-576.

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Head blunt injury in experimental and simulation analysis

CHEN Xing-wu1, ZHANG Mei-chao2, LI Huan-xiang1, LI Jie1, ZHANG Jing1   

  1. 1.Dongguan Institute of Criminal Science and Technology,Dongguan 523000,China;  2.Department of Anatomy,Key Lab of Medical Biomechanics of Guangdong Province, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
  • Received:2013-02-16 Online:2013-09-25 Published:2013-10-16

Abstract:

Objective This study aims to investigate the head biomechanical responses and the mechanism of injury in blunt injury. Methods CT and MRI images of the human head were obtained to reconstruct the three-dimensional finite element(FE) model of the human head, including scalp, skull and the major internal soft tissues. Moreover, through a frontal impact to a cadaver head ,the contact force , the strain in the parital bone and the accceleration-time histories of the head were recorded. And then , the FE model was introduced into the biomechanical software MADYMO to simulate the aforementioned head impact. The time-history curves were created by the post processor of MADYMO.   Results The model was validated against cadaver responses for blunt impact. Good correlation between the model and the cadaver responses were achieved for the force , strain and acceleration. Conclusions The FE model and the simulation method can be used for head injury mechanism in medical simulation research.

Key words: Finite element model of the head, Injury biomechanics, Forensic science, Blunt injuries

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