Unveiling Human Vulnerability and a New Interspecies Scaling Law for Brain Injury under Blast Loading

Z Du, J Zhang, X Wang, Z Zhuang, Z Liu - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
The common belief that animals with larger heads are more tolerated to brain injury faces
challenges under the extreme conditions of blast loading. Recent studies indicate that …

Spatial intracranial pressure fields driven by blast overpressure in rats

C Norris, SF Murphy, CE Talty… - Annals of biomedical …, 2024 - Springer
Free-field blast exposure imparts a complex, dynamic response within brain tissue that can
trigger a cascade of lasting neurological deficits. Full body mechanical and physiological …

[PDF][PDF] The Influence of Biomechanics on Acute Spatial and Temporal Pathophysiology Following Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury

CN Norris - 2023 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
Blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) remains a significant problem among military
populations. When an explosion occurs, a high magnitude positive pressure rapidly …

Prediction of Facial Overpressure Using Body-Worn Sensors and Machine Learning Algorithms in Military Blast Environments

O Bhowmik, AV Subramani, JC McKay… - Available at SSRN …, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Wearable sensors are increasingly being worn by soldiers to quantify the overpressure
experienced military environments with the goal to characterize effects to the brain. One …