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Course
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Course Schedule - TBA
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The Basics of Crash
Injury and Biomechanics
Description
This seminar will provide an
introduction to the subject, including terminology, and will outline the
state of knowledge of the biomechanics of impact to the main anatomical
regions, the circumstances under which trauma is generated, the effect of
variations in the population on injury outcomes, and the consequences for
occupant restraint and vehicle design. |
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Objectives
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Acquire a better
understanding of the relationship between energy transfer and trauma;
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Understand the limits of
human tolerance to various kinds of injury;
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Recognize the effect of
population variations on different injury outcomes; and
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Recognize injuries that
can go undetected in restrained occupants.
Outline
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The
history of the science of impact biomechanics
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Terminology
and general principles
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Biomechanical
parameters — head, neck, chest, abdomen, extremities
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Occupant
restraints — current and future
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