The effects of tackle height on inertial loading of the head and neck in Rugby Union: A multibody model analysis

GJ Tierney, CK Simms - Brain injury, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: There is evidence of chronic injury to the head-and-neck region of Rugby Union
players. The aim of this study was to use multibody simulations to examine the effects of …

Safety analysis of children transported on bicycle-mounted seat during traffic accidents

M Ptak, J Wilhelm, M Sawicki - International journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The paper concentrates on the safety analysis of children transported in bicycle-mounted
baby carriers. The biomechanics are widely researched for pedestrians and cyclists, but …

The role of player mass and contact speed on head kinematics and neck dynamics in rugby union tackling

GJ Tierney, R Tucker - … journal of medicine & science in sports, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tackling is the most common cause of general injuries in rugby union, with player speed
and mass identified as risk factors. This study aimed to use multibody modeling simulations …

An evaluation of the BioRID II and Hybrid III during low-and moderate-speed rear impact

TDJ Welch, AW Bridges, DH Gates, MF Heller… - … International Journal of …, 2010 - sae.org
Debate surrounds the utility of the Biofidelic Rear Impact Dummy (BioRID) anthropomorphic
test device (ATD) for providing meaningful biomechanical metrics during rear impact and the …

A multi-body head-and-neck model for simulation of rear impact in cars

S Himmetoglu, M Acar, AJ Taylor… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents the development and validation of a 50th percentile male multi-body
head-and-neck model, aimed primarily at analysing rear impact and the resulting whiplash …

Experimental Validation of a Driver Monitoring System

M Garrosa, M Ceccarelli, V Díaz, M Russo - Machines, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an analysis of the risk of neck injury in vehicle occupants as a
consequence of an impact. A review of the formulation of indexes that are used in the …

A stochastic model validated with human test data causally associating target vehicle Delta V, occupant cervicocranial biomechanics, and injury during rear-impact …

SS Kohles, JW McClaren - Journal of forensic and legal medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Even at low to moderate-speeds, rear-end motor vehicle crashes have been strongly
associated with occupant cervicocranial biomechanics that lead to head and neck injury. In …

An energy-absorbing sliding seat for reducing neck injury risks in rear impact—analysis for prototype built

X Zhang, Q Zhou - Traffic injury prevention, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This study investigated overall performance of an energy-absorbing sliding seat
concept for whiplash neck injury prevention. The sliding seat allows its seat pan to slide …

Lab Experiences for a Driver Monitoring System

M Garrosa, M Ceccarelli, M Russo, D Cafolla - International Workshop on …, 2023 - Springer
This paper presents the aspects to be taken into account when analyzing the risk of injury to
the neck of vehicle occupants as a consequence of an impact. To carry out the analysis, a …

Problems and Requirements in Impact Analysis from Vehicle Accidents

M Garrosa, M Ceccarelli, V Díaz - The International Conference of IFToMM …, 2022 - Springer
This paper presents a survey of aspects to be considered for an analysis of risk of neck-head
injury as a consequence of a car impact. The analysis is carried out by using data that can …