Simulation of blast-induced early-time intracranial wave physics leading to traumatic brain injury

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Taylor, Paul A ^a   Ford, Corey C ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLAST LOADING; BLAST STRENGTH; BLAST WAVES; BRAIN REGIONS; DATA SETS; DEVIATORIC STRESS; ELEVATED PRESSURE; HEAD MODEL; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN HEAD; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; MATERIAL MODELS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; MODEL PREDICTION; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MULTIFOCAL; PEAK PRESSURE; ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION; SHOCK PHYSICS; STRESS LOCALIZATION; STRESS MAGNITUDE; STRESS WAVE; TIME COURSE; TIME-SCALES; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; VISIBLE HUMAN; WAVE INTERACTIONS;

BRAIN; CEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; WAVES;

EXPLOSIVES;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; SHEAR STRESS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISCOELASTICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURY; EXPLOSION; HUMAN; RADIATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIONS; HEAD; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 68149166463     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3118765     Document Type: Article

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