This paper presents the development and validation of a three-dimensional computational model of the human head and neck. The model has been produced to study the mechanics of the human cervical spine in response to automobile impacts. The complete head-neck model has been used to simulate 15g frontal and 7g lateral impacts with the resulting motion compared against response corridors derived from sled acceleration tests using human volunteers. The effect of passive and fully active muscle behaviour has been investigated and it is shown that for both impact directions the inclusion of active muscle tensioning results in closest agreement with the experimental data. Good agreement is seen for both impact directions. An analysis of the local loads in the soft-tissue components is also presented for the 15g frontal impact case.
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ASME 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis
July 19–22, 2004
Manchester, England
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0-7918-4174-X
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A Computational Model of the Human Head and Neck for Frontal and Lateral Impacts
David W. van Lopik
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David W. van Lopik
Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
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Memis Acar
Memis Acar
Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
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David W. van Lopik
Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
Memis Acar
Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
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ESDA2004-58521, pp. 553-562; 10 pages
Published Online:
November 11, 2008
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van Lopik, DW, & Acar, M. "A Computational Model of the Human Head and Neck for Frontal and Lateral Impacts." Proceedings of the ASME 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. Volume 2. Manchester, England. July 19–22, 2004. pp. 553-562. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ESDA2004-58521
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