{"title":"Effect of Shaking at or Near Resonance of a Simple Head Model on Skull/Brain Connectors","authors":"J. Daboin, P. Saboori","doi":"10.1115/imece2021-69054","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n A solid model of a six-month-old child has been developed using average human anatomical characteristics combined with crash test dummy dimensions. The model consisted of a body and limbs, and a neck and head combination with the head being hollow and housing a hemispherical brain. This model was then exposed to a linear sinusoidal input displacement to the chest, and the angular displacement of the skull and brain were observed. The resulting data showed that the oscillatory behavior was a function of frequency, and maximal oscillations existed at a frequency close to the expected natural frequency of the head/neck system, and at a frequency one order of magnitude greater than this frequency. In addition, when a square wave was applied, rather than a sine wave, the resulting oscillation proved to be more violent; and finally, a real input was applied to the model, from previous tests, to discover if a different oscillatory behavior resulted.","PeriodicalId":314012,"journal":{"name":"Volume 5: Biomedical and Biotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Volume 5: Biomedical and Biotechnology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1115/imece2021-69054","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A solid model of a six-month-old child has been developed using average human anatomical characteristics combined with crash test dummy dimensions. The model consisted of a body and limbs, and a neck and head combination with the head being hollow and housing a hemispherical brain. This model was then exposed to a linear sinusoidal input displacement to the chest, and the angular displacement of the skull and brain were observed. The resulting data showed that the oscillatory behavior was a function of frequency, and maximal oscillations existed at a frequency close to the expected natural frequency of the head/neck system, and at a frequency one order of magnitude greater than this frequency. In addition, when a square wave was applied, rather than a sine wave, the resulting oscillation proved to be more violent; and finally, a real input was applied to the model, from previous tests, to discover if a different oscillatory behavior resulted.