| Abstract | The overarching goal of Phase 2 of this project was focused on investigating small remotely piloted aircraft (sRPA) to human head impact safety. Previously, a finite element (FE) model of a representative quadcopter sRPA was developed and was used to study sRPA impacts to the human head. In this phase of the project, we intended to further validate the small female human head-neck model, investigate head responses of children, and develop a new sRPA model to study head responses during the impacts with this sRPA model.
This Phase 2 report is focused on 1) describing the development and validation of a new sRPA model, 2) understanding the effect of impact velocity and kinetic energy using a wood block model, and especially 3) providing comprehensive data comparing head responses for various populations under impacts with two different types of sRPA. In brief, it was found that population variances and sRPA types greatly affected head responses, and the detailed responses were investigated and documented in this report. |
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