The Biomechanics of Impact Injury Biomechanical Response, Mechanisms
This text acquaints the reader on the biomechanics of injury to the human body caused by impact and the use of computer models to simulate impact events. It provides a basic understanding of the biomechanics of the injuries resulting from the impact to th
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The Biomechanics of Impact Injury Biomechanical Response, Mechanisms of Injury, Human Tolerance and Simulation
The Biomechanics of Impact Injury
Albert I. King
The Biomechanics of Impact Injury Biomechanical Response, Mechanisms of Injury, Human Tolerance and Simulation
Albert I. King Department of Biomedical Engineering Wayne State University Detroit, MI, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-49790-7 ISBN 978-3-319-49792-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-49792-1
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To the Holy Spirit for inspiring, guiding, and enabling me to write this book To Liz, my wife for 56 years, whose patience, love, and service have enabled me to pursue my career and goals in injury biomechanics Deo gratias
Preface
The aim of this book is to summarize the significant principles and research results in injury biomechanics for graduate students and professionals in the field of automotive safety. It is based on several decades of injury research and grew out of a course in computer modeling of impact biomechanics that I developed and taught for many years. Since modeling requires basic knowledge of the biomechanics of impact, a lot of material related to impact injury was included in the course. As a result, this book provides the reader with not only the models available to simulate impact on the human body but also the fundamental knowledge of impact biomechanics. It covers injury to the entire body, from head to toe, and it discusses the four main areas of the field, namely, mechanical response, injury mechanisms, human tolerance, and simu
