University of New South Wales - School of Risk and Safety Sciences

Phd, MSc
Phone : 938 55681
Email : b.frechede@unsw.edu.au

I arrived at the School of Safety Science in February 2004, where I started working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow.

In 2006 I was appointed as a Research Fellow, to contribute to the development of both numerical and experimental tools to explore the behaviour and risk of injury of the human body in impact.

Having a background in Mechanical Engineering, I began to be interested in Biomechanics after graduating, when I had the opportunity to join the “Laboratoire de Biomécanique” in Paris. There, I focused my work on the application of Finite Element modelling to musculoskeletal systems, first during my Masters, where I studied the behaviour of the knee-joint during flexion. In 2003, I completed my PhD in Mechanics, working on the mechanisms of injury and the risk assessment at neck level during whiplash loadings (Link to Thesis).

At the School of Safety Science, I am working jointly with Dr. A. McIntosh, my main interest being the biomechanics of impact, both in the fields of contact sports as well as automotive impacts. (Safety Science Biomechanics Research page)

I am currently involved in the following projects:

Biomechanics of concussion in sports
Rugby tackle study (IRB medical research scheme)
Pedal cycle and motorbike helmet study
High performance equestrian helmet study

PUBLICATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Peer-reviewed publications

Finite element model of the human neck during omni-directional impacts Part I. Kinematics and injury, B. Fréchède, N. Bertholon, J-Y. Le Coz, F. Lavaste, W. Skalli, European Journal of Computational Mechanics (previously Revue Européenne des Eléments Finis), 2005, 14(4-5), p.463-485
Finite element model of the human neck during omni-directional impacts Part II. Relation between cervical curvature and risk of injury, B. Fréchède, N. Bertholon, G. Saillant, W. Skalli, F. Lavaste, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2006, 9(6), p. 379-386
Neck injury tolerance under inertial loads in side impacts, A. McIntosh, D. Kallieris, B. Fréchède, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2007, 39, p. 326-333
Numerical Reconstruction of Real-Life Concussive Football Impacts, B Fréchède, AS McIntosh, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2009, 41(2), p. 390-398
Hybrid III ATD in inverted impacts: influence of impact angle on neck injury risk assessment, B Fréchède, AS McIntosh, R Grzebieta, M Bambach, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2009, 37(7), p. 1403-1414. DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9711-4

Selected communications to international and national scientific conferences

Contribution to the design and validation of a 3D finite element kinematic model of the knee, B Fréchède, J Noailles, R Dupuis, S Laporte, W Skalli, XVIIIth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics — Zürich, Switzerland 8-13 July 2001
FE Simulation of the human neck during axial impact : relation between risk of injury and loading conditions, B Fréchède, N Bertholon, S Robin, F Lavaste, W Skalli, XVIIIth Annual meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society European Section — Paris, France, 13-14 June 2002
FE Simulation of the human neck submitted to lateral and oblique impact: relationship between cervical spine curvature and risk of injury, B Fréchède, F Lavaste, G Saillant, W Skalli, XIXth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics — Dunedin, New-Zealand, 6-11 July 2003
Relationship between cervical spine curvature and risk of injury in the case of sagittal impact : a finite element analysis, B Fréchède, G Saillant, F Lavaste, W Skalli, International Research Council On the Biomechanics of Impacts (IRCOBI) Conference — Lisbon, Portugal, 24-26 September 2003
Risk of injury of the human neck during impact : role of geometrical and mechanical parameters, B Fréchède, G Saillant, F Lavaste, W Skalli, XXth Annual meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society European Section / Spineweek 2004, paper A29 — Porto, Portugal, 30 May -5 June 2004
FE analysis of the human neck during impact: a first approach towards personalization and its effects on injury risk assessment, B Fréchède, G Saillant, W Skalli, F Lavaste, Australasian Biomechanics Conference ABC5 — Sydney, 9-10 December 2004
The dynamics of concussive head impacts in rugby and Australian rules football: a numerical analysis protocol, B Fréchède, A McIntosh, Australasian Biomechanics Conference ABC5 — Sydney, 9-10 December 2004
Evaluation of cervical stress during ejection in different configurations of helmet inertial properties, E Chavary, S Laporte, B Fréchède, W Skalli, AI Guillaume, 76th Annual scientific meeting of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) — Kansas City, MO, USA, 8-12 May 2005 (In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 76(3), Section I, p.217)
Measurement of impact during gymnastics skills, KT Beatty, AS McIntosh, B Fréchède, 1st World Congress of Sports Injury Prevention — Oslo, Norway, 23-25 June 2005
Method for analysing the risk of overuse injury in gymnastics, K Beatty, A McIntosh, B Fréchède, XXIV International Symposium on Biomechanics in Sports — Salzburg, Austria, 14-18 July 2006
Use of MADYMO's human facet model to evaluate the risk of head injury in impact, B Fréchède, A McIntosh, 20th Enhanced Safety of Vehicles Conference — Lyon, France, 18-21 june 2007
Computer simulations of injury mechanisms, B Fréchède, World Congress on Sports Injury Prevention 2008 — Tromsö, Norway, 26-28 june 2008
The development of a protocol to analyse the tackle in rugby union, AS McIntosh, T Savage, B Fréchède, S Kemp, World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport VIII — Magdeburg, Germany, 3-6 september 2008
Protecting occupants in rollover crashes, RH Grzebieta, D Young, AS McIntosh, M Bambach, B Fréchède, T Achilles, 32nd FISITA World Automotive Congress, paper F2008-08-081 — Munich, Germany, 14-19 september 2008
Assessment of injury risks associated with wearing the Enhanced Combat Helmet and Night Vision Goggle in frontal crashes, AS McIntosh, B Fréchède, E Nakaza, C Brady, Land Warfare Conference 2007 — Adelaide, Australia, 22-26 October 2007
Qualitative methods to study injury risk factors in the tackle in rugby union, TS Savage, AS McIntosh, S Kemp, B Fréchède, P McCrory, Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport — Adelaide, Australia, 13-16 October 2007
Compared characteristics of 2000-2007 single vehicle rollover fatalities in three Australian states from the Australian National Coroners Information System (NCIS) database, B Fréchède, A McIntosh, R Grzebieta, M Bambach, Road Safety Research, Education and Policing Conference — Sydney, Australia, 11-13 November 2009