Injury Biomechanics and Control: Optimal Protection from Impact

BASIC TERMINOLOGY. 

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION.

1.1 The Structure of the Book.

1.2 Related Studies.

References.

CHAPTER 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF IMPACT AND SHOCK ISOLATION.

2.1 Shock Loading: Basic Models and Characteristics.

2.2 Shock Isolation.

2.3 The Isolator as a Control Medium: Active and Passive Isolators.

2.4 Does Isolation of an Object from the Base Always Lead to a Reduction in the Shock Load Transmitted to the Object?.

References.

CHAPTER 3 BASIC OPTIMAL SHOCK ISOLATION: SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS.

3.1 Basic Problems.

3.2 Limiting Performance Analysis: Basic Concept and Analytical Results.

3.3 Limiting Performance Analysis: Computational Approach.

3.4 Parametric Optimization.

3.5 Pre-Acting Control for Shock Isolators.

3.6 Best and Worst Disturbance Analyses.

References.

CHAPTER 4 OPTIMAL SHOCK ISOLATION FOR MULTI-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS.

4.1 Optimal Shock Isolation for a Two-Component Viscoelastic Object.

4.2 Optimal Shock Isolation for Three-Component Structures.

References. 

CHAPTER 5 SPINAL INJURY CONTROL.

5.1 Description of the Model.

5.2 Minimization of the Occupant’s Displacement subject to a Constraint Imposed on the Spinal Compressive Force.

5.3 Spinal Injury Control System with two Shock Isolators.

5.4 MADYMO Simulation for the Limiting Performance Analysis.

References.

CHAPTER 6 THORACIC INJURY CONTROL.

6.1 Smart Restraint Systems.

6.2 Basic Concept of Restraint Force Control.

6.3 Limiting Performance Analysis for the Prevention of Thoracic Injuries in a Frontal Car Crash.

6.4 Feedback Control of the Elastic Restraint Force on the Basis of the Two-Mass Thorax Injury Model.

6.5 Conclusions.

References.

CHAPTER 7 HEAD INJURY CONTROL.

7.1 Head Injury Criterion: Historical Perspectives.

7.2 Minimization of the Deceleration Distance for Constrained HIC.

7.3 Minimization of the HIC for Constrained Deceleration Distance.

7.4 Alternative Control Laws.

References.

CHAPTER 8 INJURY CONTROL FOR WHEELCHAIR OCCUPANTS.

8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Optimal Shock Isolation of Single-Degree-of-Freedom System.

8.3 Simulation Using MADYMO.

8.4 Discussion.

References.

Index.