Imperial College London
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Dr Mazdak Ghajari

Faculty of Engineering, Dyson School of Design Engineering

Reader in Brain Biomechanics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 9236m.ghajari Website

 
 
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Location

 

Dyson BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Khosroshahi:2019:10.1080/13588265.2018.1478937,
author = {Khosroshahi, SF and Ghajari, M and Galvanetto, U},
doi = {10.1080/13588265.2018.1478937},
journal = {International Journal of Crashworthiness},
pages = {487--498},
title = {Assessment of the protective performance of neck braces for motorcycle riders: a finite-element study},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13588265.2018.1478937},
volume = {24},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Neck protective devices for motorcyclists have been introduced fairly recently but there is no standard method to evaluate their performance. The goal of this study is to compare the response of riders’ necks to direct impacts on the helmet with and without such a device. We investigate three common types of cervical injury mechanisms i.e. hyperflexion, hyperextension and lateral bending using finite-element method. The rotational movement of the head with respect to the torso, the neck shearing and axial loads and the stress distribution throughout the cervical vertebrae show that using the investigated type of neck protective device, which is designed to restrain the head–neck motion, can in some cases increase the risk of neck injury. Hence, the design of such devices needs further study and their assessment requires the introduction of relevant standards of evaluation.
AU  - Khosroshahi,SF
AU  - Ghajari,M
AU  - Galvanetto,U
DO  - 10.1080/13588265.2018.1478937
EP  - 498
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1358-8265
SP  - 487
TI  - Assessment of the protective performance of neck braces for motorcycle riders: a finite-element study
T2  - International Journal of Crashworthiness
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13588265.2018.1478937
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000477771800001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/73871
VL  - 24
ER  -
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