Biomechanical responses of a pig head under blast loading: A computational simulation

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 392-407

  Zhu, Feng ^a   Skelton, Paul ^a   Chou, Cliff C ^a   Mao, Haojie ^a   Yang, King H ^a   King, Albert I ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast simulation; MMALE; Primary blast TBI; Shock tube; Shock wave

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; BIOMECHANICAL RESPONSE; BLAST LOADING; BLAST SIMULATION; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAINSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FLUID/SOLID COUPLING; INTRA-CRANIAL PRESSURE; LAGRANGIAN FORMULATIONS; LOW LEVEL; MMALE; MULTI MATERIALS; PRIMARY BLAST TBI; PRINCIPAL STRAIN; SHOCK ATTENUATION; SHOCK WAVE REFLECTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR INJURY; WAVE IMPEDANCES; YORKSHIRES;

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SHEAR STRESS; SHOCK TUBES; SHOCK WAVES; STRAIN; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

MAMMALS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKULL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; SKULL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

EID: 84874512477     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2518     Document Type: Article

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