Skin Penetration Modeling Limitations and Opportunities

Abstract

The University of Virginia (UVA) built a model for estimating the risk of significant injury due to skin penetration. All such models utilize approximations. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) plans to implement this model into the JIFCO Blunt Impact modeling suite. In this document, we characterize some shortcomings and limitations JHU/APL's planned implementation of the UVA skin penetration model by examining both the theoretical considerations of the model construct and on UVA's own experimental results. We also suggest a number of potential future enhancements to improve the accuracy of the model predictions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1216793

Entities

People

  • Jeremy A. Teichman
  • Jessica G. Swallow
  • Sujeeta B. Bhatt
  • Yevgeny Macheret

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Adipose Tissue
  • Body Regions
  • Errors
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Shear Stresses
  • Soft Tissues
  • Stresses
  • Tensile Strain
  • Thickness
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Research Science/Academic Research