A finite element study of blast traumatic brain injury

46th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium and 46th International ISA Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation Symposium 2009

Volumn 476, Issue , 2009, Pages 119-124

  Zhang, Jiangyue ^a   Yoganandan, Narayan ^a   Pintar, Frank A ^a   Gennarelli, Thomas A ^a   Shender, Barry S ^b  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast; Brain strain; Brainstem; Contrecoup; Coup; Explosion; Improvised explosive device; Overpressure

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL RESPONSE; BLAST; BLAST OVERPRESSURE; BRAINSTEM; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE-ELEMENT STUDY; HUMAN HEAD MODEL; IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; OVERPRESSURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; INSTRUMENTS; LANDFORMS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 72849133290     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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