Analysis of the biomechanical response of kidneys under blunt impact

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-181

  Schmitt, Kai Uwe ^a,b,c   Snedeker, Jess G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Working Group on Accident Mechanics   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Biomechanics; Blunt impact; Kidney

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; BLUNT TRAUMA; ENERGY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; INJURY SEVERITY; KIDNEY CAPSULE; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MODEL; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SWINE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; KIDNEY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; SWINE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33646470697     PISSN: 10286586     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580500482021     Document Type: Article

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