Development of a Rubber-Like Headform Skin Model for Predicting the Head Injury Criterion (HIC) 950883
This paper describes the development of a rubber-like skin Finite Elements Model (FEM) for the Hybrid III headform and an experimental method to determine its material properties. The finite element modeling procedures, using material parameters derived from tests conducted on the headform skin (rubber) material, are described. Dynamic responses and computations of HIC using the developed headform model show that an Elastic-Plastic Hydrodynamic (EPH) material model of the rubber can be used for headform impact simulations. The results obtained from the headform simulation using an EPH rubber material model and drop tower tests of the headform on both a rigid and a deformable structure will be compared, in order to show the applicability of the EPH model.
Citation: Bilkhu, S., Uduma, K., Founas, M., and Nusholtz, G., "Development of a Rubber-Like Headform Skin Model for Predicting the Head Injury Criterion (HIC)," SAE Technical Paper 950883, 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/950883. Download Citation
Author(s):
S. S. Bilkhu, K. Uduma, M. Founas, G. S. Nusholtz
Affiliated:
Chrysler Corp.
Pages: 14
Event:
International Congress & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Advances in Occupant Protection Technologies for the Mid-Nineties-SP-1077
Related Topics:
Head injuries
Simulation and modeling
Elastomers
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