Prevention of Blast-Related Injuries

Abstract

This research project is designed to determine the cause of mild traumatic brain injury due to blast overpressure and, if possible, the human tolerance to blast overpressure. It consists of an experimental portion in which 12 swine and 6 post-mortem human subjects (PMHS) are to be exposed to blast. The experimental effort is supplemented by a computer modeling section which can extend the results of the tests to blast scenarios not easily achievable experimentally. In the first report, preparatory work for the proposed experiments was described along with the formulation of models of the human and swine brain subjected to blast. In this second report, results of our experimental research and of our modeling effort are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA615108

Entities

People

  • Albert I. King
  • Feng Zhu
  • John Cavanaugh
  • King Yang
  • Liying Zhang
  • Xin Jin

Organizations

  • Wayne State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arachnoid
  • Brain
  • Brain Injuries
  • Brain Stem
  • Cameras
  • Cells
  • Explosives
  • Facial Bones
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Skull
  • Test Equipment
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Medicine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology