Brain response to primary blast wave using validated finite element models of human head and advanced combat helmet

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 4 AUG, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Liying ^a   Makwana, Rahul ^a   Sharma, Sumit ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced combat helmet model; Brain strain and strain rate; finite element model; Head protection; Human head model; Intracranial pressure; Primary blast; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ADVANCED COMBAT HELMET; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; BLAST INJURY; COMPUTER MODEL; GEOMETRY; HELMET; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUNG INJURY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84883512966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00088     Document Type: Article

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