Simulation of blast-head interactions to study traumatic brain injury

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 211-220

  Sotudeh Chafi, M ^a   Karami, G ^a   Ziejewski, M ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid structure interaction; Intracranial pressure; Shear stress; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AIR; BRAIN; BRAIN MODELS; CAVITATION; DETONATION; EXPLOSIVES; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SHEAR STRESS; SHOCK WAVES;

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES; INTRA-CRANIAL PRESSURE; MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS; MECHANICAL DAMAGES; MULTI-MATERIAL FORMULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; SHOCK PROPAGATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI);

SHEAR STRESS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 44249101431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2007-41629     Document Type: Conference Paper

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