Citation

Delille C, Drazetic P, Masson C, Markiewicz J, Canaple B, Cesari D. Proc. IRCOBI 2002; 30: 2 p..

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

ONE PART OF the current research project is the identification of the bone biomechanical behaviour of the human skull. This project deals with the development of finite element and physical models of the human head. In order to identify skull bone behaviour, the inverse method is used. It consists in solving a group of equations deduced from the direct problem in order to determine the behaviour of the system, unknown of our problem. The solution is obtained using an optimisation process: minimization of the difference between the experimental answer considered as reference and the numerical response of the finite element model.

The aim of the research described in this paper is to determine an equivalent resin in mechanical characteristics to the human bone. This work is included in a program of head injury research which investigates the mechanical properties of all tissues of the head. The final aim of this program is to precisely determine the characteristics of these materials. So appropriate physical and finite elements models of the head can be built.