Cervical Spine Stiffness and Geometry of the Young Human Male

Abstract

Injuries to the cervical spine incurred during emergency escape from high-performance aircraft are of concern to the Air Force. To provide for safety design, especially in view of newly considered additional head encumbrances such as helmet-mounted sights and displays, and chemical protection equipment, a detailed dynamic structural model of the human head-spine system has been developed. The presently described effort addresses the collection of cervical spine geometric, material property and failure data for use with this model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA123535

Entities

People

  • G. Njus
  • K. Ueno
  • K. W. Krieger
  • M. P. Connors
  • Y. King Liu

Organizations

  • Tulane University of Louisiana

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Air Force
  • Axial Loads
  • Bone Diseases
  • Computers
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Load Cells
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Shear Tests
  • Spine
  • Test Fixtures
  • Test Methods
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Systems Analysis and Design