In-vehicle extremity injuries from improvised explosive devices: Current and future foci

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1562, 2011, Pages 160-170

  Ramasamy, Arul ^a,b,c,d   Masouros, Spyros D ^a,b   Newell, Nicolas ^a,b   Hill, Adam M ^a,b,c   Proud, William G ^a   Brown, Katherine A ^a,e   Bull, Anthony M J ^a,b   Clasper, Jon C ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Bioengineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Blast injury; Finite element modelling; High strain rates; Impact testing; Lower limb

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EXPLOSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; INJURY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SKELETON; WAR;

EID: 79251472767     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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