During Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, improvised explosive
devices were used strategically and with increasing frequency. To effectively design …

Injury risk curves from biomechanical experimental data analysis are used in automotive
studies to improve crashworthiness and advance occupant safety. Metrics such as …

Under body blast (UBB) loading to military transport vehicles is known to cause foot-ankle
fractures to occupants due to energy transfer from the vehicle floor to the feet of the soldier …

Computational human body models (HBMs) provide the ability to explore numerous
candidate injury metrics ranging from local strain based criteria to global combined criteria …

Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) used in the battlefield cause damage to vehicles and
their occupants. The injury burden to the casualties is significant. The biofidelity and …

While studies have been conducted using human cadaver lumbar spines to understand
injury biomechanics in terms of stability/energy to fracture, and physiological responses …

Previous studies involving whole-body post-mortem human surrogates (PHMS) have
generated biomechanical response specifications for physically simulated accelerative …

A new anthropomorphic test device (ATD) is being developed by the US Army to be
responsive to vertical loading during a vehicle underbody blast event. To obtain design …

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the influence of age and injury
mechanism on cervical spine tolerance to injury from head contact loading using survival …

Injuries to the hand and fingers with varying degrees of severity are widespread in industries
such as mining and oil and gas production. This study presents the results of tests carried …