Computational Model of the Eye for Primary and Secondary Blast Trauma

Abstract

This report describes the FY11 research accomplishments and their significance. In this first year of the project, we focused on developing the experimental and modeling tools for an innovative dynamic inflation test method for characterizing the stress-strain response and rupture conditions of the tissue of the eye-wall under blast conditions. Specifically, we designed and built a shock tube test system and began developing a constitutive model for the stress-strain response of the cornea and sclera that incorporates the anisotropic collagen lamellar structure. The shock-tube test system and constitutive model will be used in FY12 to measure the dynamic stress-strain response and rupture conditions of human cornea and sclera, and to develop a finite element model of the globe that features detailed of the microstructure and macrostructure of the cornea and sclera. We have made significant progress towards Specific Aim 1 of the project, which is to characterize the high-rate anisotropic stress response of the cornea and sclera, and Specific Aim 3, which is to develop a computational model of the eye in the human head.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA559639

Entities

People

  • Thao D. Nguyen

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Biomedical Research
  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Collagen
  • Department Of Defense
  • Digital Images
  • Displacement
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Hyperelastic Materials
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Shock Tubes
  • Test Methods
  • Tissues

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