Inflicted Head Injury by Shaking Trauma in Infants: Part I: The potential effect of spatiotemporal variation of the rotation center on injury mechanisms. Part II:The importance of spatiotemporal variation of the rotation center when modeling external head-dynamics

Part I:<br/>Inflicted head injury by shaking trauma (IHI-ST) is often simulated to better understand the injury mechanisms and to analyze whether violent shaking can cause head injury in infants. Computational models are usually subjected to linear and rotational inputs to simulate shaking scenarios. In existing studies, the head’s rotation...

Distribution of peak shear stress in finite element models of reinforced concrete slabs

Existing reinforced concrete solid slab bridges in the Netherlands are re-assessed for shear based on a Unity Check: the ratio of the shear stress caused by the applied loads to the shear capacity of the concrete cross-section. The governing shear stress resulting from the self-weight, weight of the wearing surface, distributed and concentrated...