Head Injury Simulation in Road Traffic Accidents

1 Finite element head modelling and head injury predictors.- 1.1 Head injury criteria and thresholds.- 1.2 Finite element head models.- References.- 2 Development of a new finite element human head model.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Methods and Materials.- References.- 3 Validation of YEAHM.- 3.1 Simulation of impacts on cadavers.- References .- 4 Application of numerical methods for accident reconstruction and forensic analysis.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Vulnerable road user impact - pedestrian kinematics.- 4.3 Case study - pedestrian accident analysis.- 4.4 Finite element vehicle model.- 4.5 MultiBody dummy model.- 4.6 Vehicle-to-pedestrian impact configuration.- 4.7 Analysis of the results.- 4.8 Head to windshield impact.- 4.9 Conclusions.- References.