Fig 5. Flexural bending displacements experienced by the skull and the resulting strain rates experienced by the axonal fiber tracts for an overpressure loading of 600 kPa in anterior-posterior direction.

A maximum axonal strain rate of 80 s^-1 was observed in this scenario. This figure also emphasizes the fact that embedded element based head model allows for a high-resolution visualization of the model. (i) Flexural displacements of the skull at (a) t = 1 ms. (b) t = 2 ms. (c) t = 3 ms. (d) t = 4 ms. (ii) Strain rates experienced by the axonal fiber tracts (e) t = 1 ms. (f) t = 2 ms. (g) t = 3ms. (h) t = 4ms. Here, the red color cross-sectional view of the skull represents the original skull shape while the blue color cross-sectional view represents the displaced skull’s cross-sectional view.