Research Article
Numerical Analysis of Occupant Head Injuries in Impacts with Dump Truck Panel
Table 2
Head soft tissue material parameters.
| Head component | Density, ρ (kg/m3) | Young’s modulus (MPa) | Poisson’s ratio | G0 (kPa) | G∞ (kPa) | β (s-1) | Bulk modulus (MPa) | Reference |
| Scalp | 1000 | 16.7 | 0.42 | | | | | [9] | Dural | 1130 | 31.5 | 0.23 | | | | | [9] | Pia mater | 1130 | 11.5 | 0.45 | | | | | [9] | CSF cerebrospinal fluid | 1050 | | | 100 | 20 | 100 | 4.97 | [9] | Brain | 1040 | | | 1.66 | 0.928 | 16.95 | 557 | [10] | Cerebellum | 1040 | | | 1.66 | 0.928 | 16.95 | 557 | [10] | Brainstem | 1040 | | | 1.66 | 0.928 | 16.95 | 557 | [10] | Corpus callosum | 1140 | 31.5 | 0.45 | | | | | [11] | Sickle | 1140 | 31.5 | 0.45 | | | | | [11] | Pituitary/ventricles | 1140 | 31.5 | 0.45 | | | | | [11] |
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