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Investigation of Helmet-Head Interaction in the Aspect of Craniocerebral Tissue Protection

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Current Trends in Biomedical Engineering and Bioimages Analysis (PCBEE 2019)

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The paper is focused on the problem of brain protection for the soldiers exposed to the effects of improvised explosive devices explosion under military vehicles. The soldier uniform predict the helmet whose main function is ballistic protection. In this article, the paddings mechanical properties were analyzed used in the helmet in context to brain protection against impact head inside the vehicle. As the paddings material the polyurethane foams with different density and mechanical properties were used. For finite element method analysis, a head with helmet model was created. The results suggest strong correlation between paddings characteristic and protection efficiency.

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zielona Gora, Szafrana 4 Street, 65-516, Zielona Gora, Poland

    Monika Ratajczak, Tomasz Klekiel & Romuald Będziński

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanics and Applied Computer Science, Military University of Technology, Gen. Witolda Urbanowicza 2 Street, 00-908, Warsaw, Poland

    Grzegorz Sławiński

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  1. Institute of Control and Computation Engineering, University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Góra, Poland

    Józef Korbicz

  2. Committee of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

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  3. Institute of Control and Computation Engineering, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland

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Ratajczak, M., Klekiel, T., Sławiński, G., Będziński, R. (2020). Investigation of Helmet-Head Interaction in the Aspect of Craniocerebral Tissue Protection. In: Korbicz, J., Maniewski, R., Patan, K., Kowal, M. (eds) Current Trends in Biomedical Engineering and Bioimages Analysis. PCBEE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1033. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29885-2_28

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