Examination of the protective roles of helmet/faceshield and directionality for human head under blast waves

Hesam Sarvghad-Moghaddam, Mehdi Salimi Jazi, Asghar Rezaei, Ghodrat Karami and Mariusz Ziejewski

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2015, vol. 18, issue 16, 1846-1855

Abstract: A parametric study was conducted to delineate the efficacy of personal protective equipment (PPE), such as ballistic faceshields and advanced combat helmets, in the case of a blast. The propagations of blast waves and their interactions with an unprotected head, a helmeted one, and a fully protected finite element head model (FEHM) were modeled. The biomechanical parameters of the brain were recorded when the FEHM was exposed to shockwaves from the front, back, top, and bottom. The directional dependent tissue response of the brain and the variable efficiency of PPE with respect to the blast orientation were two major results of this study.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2014.977878

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