Wound ballistics of the pig mandibular angle: A preliminary finite element analysis and experimental study

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1131-1137

  Chen, Yubin ^a   Miao, Yingyun ^a   Xu, Chuan ^b   Zhang, Gang ^a   Lei, Tao ^a   Tan, Yinghui ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Finite element analysis; Mandible; Wound ballistics

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC IMPACT; BASIC PRINCIPLES; CORTICAL BONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FE ANALYSIS; FE MODEL; FE-SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IMPACT LOADS; LS-DYNA CODE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR ANGLES; MODELING SYSTEMS; RESIDUAL VELOCITY; SIMULATION RESULT; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; STRESS PROPAGATION; SURFACE AREA; TRABECULAR BONES;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; PROJECTILES; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; CORTICAL BONE; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GUNSHOT INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRABECULAR BONE; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORENSIC BALLISTICS; MANDIBULAR INJURIES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUS SCROFA; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 77950867160     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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