Analytic Simulation of Tissue Damage from Penetrating Wounds to the Heart

Abstract

ATK Mission Research was sponsored by DARPA's Virtual Soldier program to analytically simulate residual wound tracts and tissue dynamics associated with a survivable wound from an explosively driven fragment penetrating the left ventricular wall of the human heart. The resulting ATK Mission Research wound description was used in the DARPA/University of Michigan Virtual Soldier program as initial conditions for describing blood loss and occurrence of hemorrhagic shock. The DARPA/ATK Mission Research Statement of Work (SOW) is included as Appendix A.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA463348

Entities

People

  • Amiya K. Chatterjee
  • M. El-raheb
  • Robert D. Eisler
  • Steven F. Stone

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Differential Equations
  • Heart
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Modal Analysis
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Projectile Trajectories
  • Shear Modulus
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.