Dynamic Response of the Human Cadaver Head Compared to a Simple Mathematical Model 680784
It is shown that the response of the occiput of a cadaver to sinusoidal vibration input to the frontal bone corresponds closely to that of a simple damped spring-mass system having a natural frequency equal to the first mode frequency of the skull, 0.17 damping factor. The first and third bending mode of the skull occurred near 300 and 900 Hz for both the cadaver preparation with silicon gel filled cranial cavity and the live human head. A second mode was found near 600 Hz in the live human. Head acceleration levels at which opposite pole pressure reached near —1 atm were 170 g and 500–600 g in the human cadaver and live monkey head, respectively, which values are roughly inversely proportional to major intracranial diameters. A method is derived for comparing the impact response of a simple system to a general shaped pulse to that of the cadaver head. Under certain impact conditions it is found that a simple model responds to cadaver force-time input within 5% of cadaver occiput response over a broad range of pulse durations and acceleration levels.
Citation: Hodgson, V. and Patrick, L., "Dynamic Response of the Human Cadaver Head Compared to a Simple Mathematical Model," SAE Technical Paper 680784, 1968, https://doi.org/10.4271/680784. Download Citation
Author(s):
V. R. Hodgson, L. M. Patrick
Affiliated:
Wayne State University
Pages: 21
Event:
12th Stapp Car Crash Conference (1968)
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
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