High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00137-4
Human cranium biomechanical simulation
P. Perestrelo & P. Bártolo
Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Leiria, Portugal
M.P. Torres, P. Noritomi & J. Silva
Division of Three-Dimensional Technologies, Centre for Information
Technology Renato Archer, Campinas, Brazil
ABSTRACT: The Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a disturbing cause of death that has been growing year after
year. In an effort to prevent, detect and understand it, a more audacious approach must be given to this problem.
With this purpose, biomechanical and clinical theories must be combined with the objective of improving the
technics available. The proposed development ...