Numerical analyses frequently accompany experimental investigations that study injury
biomechanics and improvements in automotive safety. Limited by computational speed …

Lifeboats have been serving as an essential maritime life-saving equipment in the case of
emergency situations. In recent decades, much effort has been devoted to investigating …

Known as the bible of biomedical engineering, The Biomedical Engineering Handbook,
Fourth Edition, sets the standard against which all other references of this nature are …

Human thoracic dynamic responses and injuries associated with frontal impact, side impact,
and belt loading were investigated and predicted using a complete human body finite …

Although internal organ injury in car crashes occurs at a relatively lower frequency
compared to bone fracture, it tends to be ranked higher in terms of injury severity. A …

Traditionally, applications of biomechanics will model system-level aspects of the human
body. As a result, the majority of technological progress to date appears in system-level …

Over 2.4 million eye injuries occur each year in the US, with over 30,000 patients left blind
as a result of the trauma. The majority of these injuries occur in automobile crashes, military …

The aim of this study is to quantify patterns of age-related shape change in the human thorax
using Procrustes superimposition. Landmarks (n= 106) selected from anonymized computed …

The crash test dummy, an important tool for car crash safety tests, is of great significance to
explore the injury biomechanics of the occupants and improve the safety performance of the …

Background Improved understanding of the occupant loading conditions in real world
crashes is critical for injury prevention and new vehicle design. The purpose of this study …