A finite element study of blast traumatic brain injury - biomed 2009. Biomed Sci Instrum 2009;45:119-24
Date
04/17/2009Pubmed ID
19369750Abstract
An idealized finite element human head model was constructed to study biomechanical responses in the brain due to blast overpressure loading from a blast of 10 kg TNT at 1 meter. Brain strain in the coup and contrecoup regions were 4-7x higher than the central region, and high brain strain (15%) large deformation (4 mm) occurred in the brainstem region, indicating a higher probability of injury in the peripheral brain and brainstem regions due to blast overpressure loading.
Author List
Zhang J, Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Gennarelli TA, Shender BSAuthors
Frank A. Pintar PhD Chair, Professor in the Biomedical Engineering department at Medical College of WisconsinNarayan Yoganandan PhD Professor in the Neurosurgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
