Numerical modeling of brain dynamics in traumatic situations - Impulsive translations

Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences, METMBS'05

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 205-211

  Burtscher, Martin ^a   Szczyrba, Igor ^b  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear and nonlinear CHI dynamics

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

BRAIN DYNAMICS; HEAD INJURIES; LINEAR AND NONLINEAR CHI DYNAMICS; LINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR GENERALIZATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELING; VISCO-ELASTIC FLUIDS; VISCOELASTIC SOLIDS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 34547623744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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