Role of helmet in the mechanics of shock wave propagation under blast loading conditions

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1233-1244

  Ganpule, S ^a   Gu, L ^b   Alai, A ^a   Chandra, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

blast; FSI; head; helmet; TBI

Indexed keywords

BLAST; FSI; HEAD; HELMET; TBI;

EXPLOSIVES; SHOCK WAVES;

SAFETY DEVICES;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HELMET; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SKULL;

EID: 84868706956     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2011.597353     Document Type: Article

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