title: Finite element model study of head impact based on Hybrid III head acceleration: the effects of rotational and translational acceleration.
abstract: The translational and rotational components of acceleration measured at the center of gravity of a Hybrid III dummy head were used to investigate their individual and combined effects on a two-dimensional finite element model of the human brain. Each component of acceleration generated distinct patterns of deformation. Although translational acceleration is related to pressure and rotational acceleration has a dominant effect on shear deformations, complete acceleration (combination of translation and rotation) yielded the highest values in all stresses and produced a maximum shear stress at the top of the brain.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Science, General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, MI 48090-9055, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Melvin
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006257:Head / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012399:Rotation