The biomechanical investigation of cervical spine injury in case of Vehicle crash using finite-element approach

Author

Azimi, Amir ; Rouhollahi, Amir ; Sadeghimehr, Mohsen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Buali Sina Univ., Hamadan, Iran

fYear

2011

fDate

14-16 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

205

Lastpage

208

Abstract

Nowadays, People safe driving is one the greatest concerns of health authorities. Having mentioned to this issue, we must predict effective criterions in Vehicle crash injuries. In case of the crash, Belts usually can decrease damages unless a high speed crash occurs, Belts expose occupants to be hurt because of head rotation. Dummies are commonly believed to be the remarkable surrogate of a human body in crash tests. Cost a fortune, time-consuming and being unrepeatable make us use of finite-element analysis (FEA) to simulate the various components of spine injuries. The aims of this study were to calculate cervical vertebra´s stress distribution in case of front impact with free rotational movement of the head (without considering the interaction of the body´s head to steer, dashboard and so on).

Keywords

biomechanics; bone; finite element analysis; impact testing; injuries; medical computing; vehicle dynamics; belt; biomechanical investigation; cervical spine injury; cervical vertebra stress distribution; crash test; finite element analysis; finite-element approach; head; head rotation; human body; rotational movement; vehicle crash injury; Bones; Head; Injuries; Magnetic heads; Stress; Three dimensional displays; Vehicle crash testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering (ICBME), 2011 18th Iranian Conference of

Conference_Location

Tehran

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1004-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBME.2011.6168557

Filename

6168557