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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Thoracic Loading"”.
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Biomechanical Response of Human Volunteers and Surrogates in a Variety of Loading Regimes
… causes of unintentional injury for all ages. The loading mechanism that cause forces to be transmitted to the body during these events can cause a wide assortment of injury types with a range of severities. Understanding the biomechanical response to loading in these environments can facilitate …
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Tensile Material Properties of Human Costal Cartilage Perichondrium
… the most common injuries resulting from blunt thoracic loading scenarios, including motor vehicle collisions. The costal cartilage is a cylindrical hyaline cartilage composed of two layers: a core interstitial matrix enveloped by the perichondrium. The perichondrium itself has an inner …
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Development of a Finite Element Based Injury Metric for Pulmonary Contusion
… contusion (PC) is the most common intra-thoracic soft tissue injury sustained as a result of blunt chest trauma. The goal of this dissertation research is to mitigate this commonly-sustained and potentially life threatening injury. We have taken a computational approach to solving this …