2014
Biomechanic Analysis of Injury Mitigation Performance for Novel Helmet Design
Shaw, T.
Master's thesis, San Diego State University
- Biomechanics
- Motorcycle
Human performance and injury
Biomechanical analysis
Biomechanics sits between engineering and medicine: it asks what forces reached the body, and whether those forces are consistent with the documented injury.
We calculate occupant or rider kinematics from the reconstruction, determine the loading that reached the relevant body region, and compare it against published human tolerance data.
Our biomechanics work is grounded in graduate training in the field and, for helmeted head injury, in direct laboratory experience — one of our engineers is an ISO-accredited helmet testing technician under the DOT standard and has tested hundreds of motorcycle and bicycle helmets for both certification and forensic investigation.
Scope
What this covers
Analysis
- Injury mechanism and causation
- Occupant and rider kinematics
- Impact force and acceleration quantification
- Comparison against published human tolerance data
Common subjects
- Low-speed vehicle impacts
- Slip, trip, and fall injury mechanics
- Head injury and helmet performance
- Restraint, airbag, and protective equipment performance
Peer-reviewed research
Published work behind this practice area
Authored by our engineers and peer-reviewed by external experts.
2010
Dynamic Failure Properties of the Porcine Medial Collateral Ligament-Bone Complex for Predicting Injury in Automotive Collisions
Peck, L., Billiar, K., Ray, M.
The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal 4:77–84
- Biomechanics
2009
Validation of a New Finite Element Model for Human Knee Ligaments for Use in High Speed Automotive Collisions
Silvestri, C., Peck, L., Billiar, K., Ray, M.
ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference
- Biomechanics
Who does this work
Engineers on this practice area
Christopher Romo
ACTAR
Accident reconstruction and biomechanics
- 3D reconstruction and collision simulation
- Biomechanics and occupant kinematics
- EDR, HVEDR, and infotainment data acquisition
- Mechanical inspection and restraint system analysis
Tyler Shaw
MSBE
Motorcycle reconstruction, helmet performance, and biomechanics
- Motorcycle reconstruction
- Helmet performance
- Biomechanics
3 publications
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