Overview
Provides a comprehensive treatment of the biomechanics of injury, facilitating a basic understanding of the subject for students as well as an authoritative reference for practitioners
Explains biomechanics of response to impact, tolerance to impact, and methods and techniques used to develop computer models that simulate an impact event
Emphasizes automobile-related injuries as well as those sustained in contact sports
Reinforces reader understanding of computer models simulating blunt impact to the entire body
Includes computational problems and lecture slides
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Albert I. King, PhD is a Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Wayne State University and is widely known for his contributions to the field of impact biomechanics. He has studied injury mechanisms from head to toe, including the brain, neck, thoracolumbar spine, pelvis, knee, ankle and foot. He developed computer models to simulate the effect of impact on the human body and is a strong proponent of using computer models for automotive safety design to reduce the cost of new car design. He believes that injury mechanisms need to be understood because It is better to prevent an injury than to treat it. However, injuries cannot be prevented unless we know the cause. Dr. King was the first engineer in impact biomechanics to be elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2000. He received many other awards, including the Smithsonian Medal in 1998 and the Kappa Delta Award from the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons in 1995.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Biomechanics of Impact Injury
Book Subtitle: Biomechanical Response, Mechanisms of Injury, Human Tolerance and Simulation
Authors: Albert I. King
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49792-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-49790-7Published: 08 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84242-4Published: 03 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-49792-1Published: 21 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LVI, 662
Number of Illustrations: 277 b/w illustrations, 249 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Conservative Orthopedics