A Health Hazard Assessment for Blast Overpressure Exposures Subtitle - Biological Response to Blast Overpressure: A Summary of Modeling

Abstract

A soldier in training is exposed to a variety of blast sources that can adversely affect his auditory and nonauditory systems. While auditory standards have been formulated for many decades, knowledge about nonauditory effects of blast have not been captured in a criteria that can be applied to all circumstances. For the past 15 years, JAYCOR, working together with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, has been using modeling, simulation, and data analysis to determine the nature of injury in animal models, capture that understanding in physiologically correct mathematical models, and extend the findings to objective criteria that can be used to set exposure limits. This paper summarizes the accomplishments of that effort.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA392474

Entities

People

  • James H. Stuhmiller

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Blast
  • Blast Injuries
  • Blast Waves
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Equations
  • Explosives
  • Information Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Medical Personnel
  • Overpressure
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.