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Stresses in a human skull due to pulse loading

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Assuming the human skull to be an isotropic homogeneous viscoelastic prolate spheroidal shell and the brain to be a homogeneous viscoelastic fluid, the stresses in the skull due to three various types of pulse loading for different load-durations have been reported in the present paper.

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Unter der Annahme, daß die menschliche Schädeldecke als isotrope, homogone, viskoelastische, flache sphäroidische Schale und das Gehirn als homogene, viskoelastische Flüssigkeit aufgefaßt werden können, werden in der vorliegenden Arbeit die Spannungen im Schädel infolde dreier veschiedener Arten von Impulsbelastungen mit unterschiedlicher Lastdauer dargestellt.

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  1. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 2, W. Bengal INDIA

    J. C. Misra (Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 1975–1977, visiting the Technical University of Hannover)

  2. Abteilung für Biomedizinische Technik und Krankenhaustechnik, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Karl-Wiechert-Allee 9, D-3000, Hannover-Kleefeld, Federal Republic of Germany

    C. Hartung

  3. Institut für Mechanik, Technische Universität Hannover, Appelstr. 11, D-3000, Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany

    O. Mahrenholtz

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Misra, J.C., Hartung, C. & Mahrenholtz, O. Stresses in a human skull due to pulse loading. Ing. arch 47, 329–337 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02484635

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