Assessing behind Armor Blunt Trauma (BABT) under NIJ standard-0101.04 conditions using human torso models

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1555-1561

  Merkle, Andrew C ^d   Ward, Emily E ^a   O'Connor, James V ^b   Roberts, Jack C ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic impact testing; Behind armor blunt trauma; Finite element model; National Institute of Justice standard

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHIND ARMOR BLUNT TRAUMA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GUNSHOT INJURY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SENSOR; SIMULATION; STANDARD; STERNUM; STOMACH; TRUNK; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BALLISTICS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX INJURY;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORENSIC BALLISTICS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 67650311512     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318160ff3a     Document Type: Article

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