Brain Pressure Wave Propagation during Baseball Impact

Affiliations

Yusuke Miyazaki: Department of Systems and Control Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
Jon Farmer: Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
Miki Morimatsu: Department of Systems and Control Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
Shota Ito: Department of Systems and Control Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
Séan Mitchell: Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
Paul Sherratt: Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK

Abstract

Keywords: baseball; brain injury; novel surrogate head; finite element method; pressure wave propagation