Computer simulation and validation of the archimedes lever hypothesis as a mechanism for aortic isthmus disruption in a case of lateral impact motor vehicle crash: A Crash Injury Research Engineering Network (CIREN) Study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1072-1082

  Siegel, John H ^a   Yang, King H ^b   Smith, Joyce A ^a   Siddiqi, Shabana Q ^a   Shah, Chirag ^b   Maddali, Muralikrishna ^b   Hardy, Warren ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic Disruption; Archimedes Lever Hypothesis of Aortic Isthmus Injury; Computer Simulation; Motor vehicle crash injury

Indexed keywords

AORTA INJURY; AORTA ISTHMUS DISRUPTION; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA WALL; ARCHIMEDES LEVER HYPOTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRASH INJURY RESEARCH ENGINEERING NETWORK STUDY; DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; HYPOTHESIS; LATERAL MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RIB; STRUCTURE DYNAMICS; THEORY; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCERA; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ISTHMUS INJURY; CLINICAL STUDY; INJURY RESEARCH ENGINEERING NETWORK STUDY; LATERAL IMPACT MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AIR BAGS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; AUTOMOBILES; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RESEARCH; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 33646880625     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000203542.38532.02     Document Type: Article

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