Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics

Effect of Neck Muscle Strength and Passive Cervical Viscoelasticity on Regional Brain and Axonal Tissue Response

This study assesses how neck muscle strength and cervical viscoelasticity affect brain motion, intracranial pressure, and axonal strain during head impacts.

Mesh convergence depends on the element formulation of finite element brain models

This study shows that element formulation affects mesh convergence in finite element brain models, with selectively reduced integration providing the fastest convergence.

Biomechanical response of the human brain to low-intensity blast: a finite element study of single and repeated exposures

This study uses finite element modeling to show that repetitive low-intensity blast exposure increases intracranial pressure and high-frequency spectral content compared to single exposures.

The role of falx cerebri in the selective vulnerability of the splenium in the corpus callosum

This study investigates how the falx cerebri contributes to the splenium's vulnerability in traumatic brain injury using biomechanical simulations.

The peculiar property of pia mater on the prediction of acute subdural hematoma

This study shows that using nonlinear pia mater properties in finite element models improves predictions of acute subdural hematoma compared to linear models.

Age and Gender-Dependent Group-Average Brain Biomechanics Models for Traumatic Brain Injury

This study creates age and gender-stratified group-average brain models to analyze biomechanical responses to traumatic brain injury, finding significant demographic differences in deformation patterns.

A Novel Rotation-Mitigation Technology for Cycling HelmetsTested Across Helmet Types, Impact Locations and Headforms

This paper introduces a novel helmet technology, the Release Layer System (RLS), which reduces rotational energy during impacts, significantly lowering the risk of brain injury.

Surface-Based vs. Voxel-Based Finite Element Head Models: Comparative Analyses of Strain Responses

This study compares strain responses between surface- and voxel-based finite element head models, finding similar results except at interfacial boundaries where differences exceed 0.1.

Peaks and Distributions of White Matter Tract-related Strains in Bicycle Helmeted Impacts: Implication for Helmet Ranking and Optimization

This study evaluates how different helmets affect brain strain distribution and peak values during impacts, showing that strain metrics and helmet performance depend on injury parameters used.