Preliminary numerical simulations to investigate the kinematics of infant head impact

Khalid, Ghaidaa A; Prabhu, R; Mason-Jones, Allan; Theobald, Peter S; Soe, Shwe P; Jones, Michael D

Abstract

Presented is the development of a simulation that allows for preliminary investigation of impact to a 10 day old infant head. A computer-aided drafting (CAD) model is reconstructed from high resolution computerised tomography (CT) scan images and meshed for finite element analysis (FEA); soft tissue responses were defined using recently derived material properties. It is anticipated that the FE model will be used to investigate the paediatric head response during impact conditions, to provide a better understanding/prediction of injury biomechanics.

Citation

Khalid, G. A., Prabhu, R., Mason-Jones, A., Theobald, P. S., Soe, S. P., & Jones, M. D. (2016). Preliminary numerical simulations to investigate the kinematics of infant head impact. In ACME - UK 2016 24th Conference on Computational Mechanics (176-179)

• Conference Name: 24th UK Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering
• Conference Location: Cardiff University
• Start Date: Mar 31, 2016
• End Date: Apr 1, 2016
• Acceptance Date: Mar 1, 2016
• Publication Date: Mar 31, 2016
• Deposit Date: Oct 1, 2023
• Pages: 176-179
• Book Title: ACME - UK 2016 24th Conference on Computational Mechanics
• Keywords: Finite element analysis; 3D rendering; image extraction; impact simulation; injury prediction
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11147711
• Publisher URL: https://acme2016.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/25.html
• Additional Information: ACME-UK 2016; 24th Conference on Computational Mechanics; 31 Mar – 1 Apr 2016 ; Cardiff