TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Effects of translational and rotational accelerations on traumatic brain injury in a sport utility vehicle-to-pedestrian crash
JO  - International journal of vehicle design
A1  - Tamura, Atsutaka
A1  - Koide, Takao
A1  - Yang, King H.
SP  - 208
EP  - 229
VL  - 72
IS  - 3
N2  - A series of full-scale vehicle-to-pedestrian impact simulations were performed using a vehicle finite element (FE) model and a pedestrian FE model at 25 and 40 km/h. The pedestrian model collided laterally against the centre front (wrap-around) or front right corner (fender vault) of the vehicle considering a pedestrian's pre-impact transverse speed of 0.0-4.0 m/s. Analysis using selected injury assessment parameters revealed that both translational and rotational accelerations applied to the head were significantly related to the intracranial tissue deformation in the simulated impact cases; the cumulative strain damage measure (CSDM) (an injury metric representing a 'volume fraction' of the brain elements exceeding the tolerance level) resulted in 5.7% for primary and 39.4% for secondary head strikes on average (N = 12), implying that traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be closely associated with a combination of linear and rotational loadings exerted over the head during an eventual contact with the ground.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0143-3369
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJVD.2016.080589
ID  - ref1
ER  -