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Extracts from the compendium:
"WHIPLASH - INJURIES"
Damage mechanism
A study of the mechanism in rear-end collisions and
other similar
incidents.
The behavior of bodies inside a car during
rear-end collision.
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CONTENTS OF EXTRACT:
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2. What is the "whiplash" mechanism?
A definition.
3. What do we know about the "Whiplash-syndrome"?
Part A: Static and dynamic mechanics
3. The two phases of impact
4. The elastic and non elastic impacts
Part B: The influence of the
impact on a body inside the struck car.
1. The behavior of a body when
affected by high forces acting in a very short time.
Chapter B.2 Movements and loads
acting on a person inside a vehicle
exposed to an impact.
1. Acceleration of objects inside
a vehicle exposed to an impact.
1. A series of impacts
3. The head is thrown forward in
a curved path.
4. The influence of how the person
is seated
Part C: The nature of the "whiplash
mechanism".
Chapter C.1 How does such a mechanism
affect a body inside the struck car?
1. In general.
2. Affected areas due to the energies
involved.
Chapter C.2 How the mechanics may
affect vital parts of the body.
1. Affecting the spine
2. The neck region.
5. Affection towards the brain and
other structures inside the scull.
6. Loads towards the brain and the
spinal cord.
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