| Richard Kent | | Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | | Ph.D., University of Virginia | | | | Richard Kent joined the faculty in April 2002. He earned a B.S. (1994)
in Mechanical Engineering, an M.S. (1997) in Mechanical Engineering both
from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, and a Ph.D. (2002) in
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia.
| | | | Research Interests | | Dr. Kent leads the Automobile Safety Research Group of the Center for
Applied Biomechanics. Dr. Kent's current research interests are in
injury biomechanics, e.g., loading condition effects on injury
tolerance, and characterization of biological structures, e.g., load
distribution-specific quasilinear viscoelastic structural behavior of
the thorax.
| | |
Sponsored Research
Thoracic Response of the Human, THOR, and Hybrid III to Two-Point and
Four-Point Belt Loading (funded by: Autoliv)
Age-Dependent Structural Characterization of the Thorax (funded by: Toyota)
Age-Dependent Injury Criteria for the Thorax (funded by: Nissan Motor Company)
Hip Injury Mechanisms, Biomechanical Characterization of the Thorax, and Human
Body Finite Element Model Assessment (funded by: Nissan Motor Company)
Restraint-Specific Structural Characterization of the Human Thorax (funded by: Nissan Motor Company)
The Effect of Load Distribution on Thoracic Impact and Injury Response (funded by: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers)
|
|
