Computational Model of the Eye for Primary and Secondary Blast Trauma

Abstract

In the fifth year of the project, we focused on improving the computational model of the eye. The current eye model includes all important internal features of the eyes. The local thickness variations of important load-bearing ocular components (cornea and sclera) which are obtained based on published histological measurements have been included in our model. The findings of our simulations support experimental observations of injury to choroid, sclera, ciliary zonlues and ONH. The effect of local thickness variation have been investigated on the stress distribution, internal ocular pressure and estimated risk of injuries. We showed that using non uniform thickness for sclera-cornea shell changes the maximum von Mises stress in sclera, limbus and zonules of zinn. We have also improved our material model by adding a distributed fiber model to describe the anisotropic elastic behavior of the sclera and cornea based on published wide-angle X-ray scattering measurements of the anisotropic collagen structure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA631916

Entities

People

  • Bahram Notghi
  • Rajneesh Bhardwaj
  • Thao D. Nguyen

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Injuries
  • Blast Waves
  • Bulk Modulus
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Eye
  • Eye Injuries
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Shear Modulus
  • Uvea

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Medicine.
  • Structural Dynamics.