Journal of Applied Sciences ›› 1994, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (3): 280-286.

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EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF PILOT HEAD IMPACT FOR THE MODEL TRAUMA

WANG YIJIN1, LI WEI1, SU JIANLIANG1, WENG SHENGLONG1, WU GUIRONG2, ZHANG YUNRAN2, WANG YUQING2, YOU GUANGXING2   

  1. 1. Shanghai University of Science and Technology Formerly;
    2. Institute of Space Medico-Engineering, Beijing
  • Received:1992-02-25 Revised:1992-09-10 Online:1994-09-30 Published:1994-09-30

Abstract: The objective of this study is to perform experiments on the heads and necks of 34 rhesus monkeys so that a valid analytical model can be made for the impact situation to determine the skull-brain injury tolerance in the animal tests. When the skull-brain is impacted directly, the brain deforms and the skull internal pressures increase at the site of local skull deformation. Such knowledge would be helpful in the treatment of injury through identifying the mechanism of trauma and in protecting the pilot during ejection.

Key words: trauma tolerance curve, pilot-ejection impact, response for head-neck dynamics, rhesus monkey