Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
Air Force Medical Centre, PLA, Beijing, China.
Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin. 2023 Sep;26(12):1510-1521. doi: 10.1080/10255842.2022.2124860. Epub 2022 Sep 21.
The helmet plays an important role in protection of pilot's head and enhances the pilot's capabilities and performance significantly with the use of mounted devices such as the Night Vision Goggle (NVG). However, the use of helmet-mounted devices might increase the risk of injury due to the increased helmet weight and change in the centre of gravity of head. In this study, four helmets with different combinations of mounted devices were modelled in a validated human head-neck multi-body model to analyse their effects on the pilot's neck injury during simulated ejection. The probability of neck injury was evaluated and predicted using the neck injury criteria and human injury risk curves, considering the tolerance of injury for upper and lower cervical segment. It was demonstrated that the helmet-mounted devices would increase the compression force and bending moment on cervical spine, especially for the lower cervical segments with higher . In the cases with Night Vision Goggle, of the lower cervical segment reached 0.54, which exceeded the requirement in aviation filed. For the cases with Visor, excessive extension occurred, resulting in a high . The simulation results of this study could provide a reference for helmet and mounted devices design and offer a proposal for the protection of pilots during ejection.
头盔在保护飞行员头部方面发挥着重要作用,通过使用夜视镜(NVG)等安装设备,显著提高了飞行员的能力和表现。然而,由于头盔重量增加和头部重心改变,使用头盔安装设备可能会增加受伤风险。在这项研究中,对具有不同安装设备组合的四个头盔进行了建模,以分析它们在模拟弹射过程中对飞行员颈部受伤的影响。使用颈椎损伤标准和人体损伤风险曲线,考虑到上下颈椎段的损伤耐受度,评估和预测了颈部损伤的概率。结果表明,头盔安装设备会增加颈椎的压缩力和弯矩,特别是对于较低的颈椎段,其值更高。在装有夜视镜的情况下,有 0.54 的下颈椎段达到了 0.54,超过了航空领域的要求。对于装有遮阳板的情况,会发生过度伸展,导致 值较高。本研究的模拟结果可为头盔和安装设备的设计提供参考,并为弹射过程中飞行员的保护提供建议。
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