Development of an apparatus to produce fractures from short-duration high-impulse loading with an application in the lower leg

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Quenneville, Cheryl E ^a   Fraser, Gillian S ^a,b   Dunning, Cynthia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b General Dynamics Land Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphic test device; Impulse loading; Injury; Lower limb; Test apparatus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC TEST DEVICES; AXIAL LOADING; CAR CRASHES; CONSTANT FORCE; FRACTURE PATTERN; FRACTURE RESPONSE; FRACTURE STRENGTHS; IMPACT EVENTS; IMPACT FORCE; IMPULSE LOADING; INJURY MECHANISMS; LANDMINE; LOAD CELLS; LOW FRICTION; LOWER LEG; LOWER LIMB; PROTECTIVE MEASURES; SIX-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM; TEST APPARATUS; TEST SPECIMENS; TESTING APPARATUS; VARIABLE MASS; VELOCITY SENSOR;

AXIAL LOADS; EXPLOSIVES; PROJECTILES; TESTING;

LOADING;

ACCELEROMETRY; ANTHROPOMETRY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DEVICE; FORCE; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LEG FRACTURE; LOWER LEG; MEASUREMENT; PNEUMATIC TOOL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STRENGTH; VALIDATION STUDY; VELOCITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG INJURY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION;

CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77955106191     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000084     Document Type: Article

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