Abstract: Multiple injurycausing mechanisms, such as wave propagation, skull flexure, cavitation, and head acceleration, have been proposed to explain blastinduced traumatic brain injury (bTBI). An accurate, quantitative description ...

Abstract: Prior studies have assessed the effects of load carriage on the tibia. Here, we expand on these studies and investigate the effects of load carriage on joint reaction forces (JRFs) and the resulting spatiotemporal stress/strain ...

Abstract: Traumatic brain injury (TBI), resulting from either impact- or nonimpact blast-related mechanisms, is a devastating cause of death and disability. The cerebral blood vessels, which provide critical support for brain tissue ...

Abstract: In this study, we investigated how animal orientation within a shock tube influences the biomechanical responses of the brain and cerebral vasculature of a rat when exposed to a blast wave. Using three-dimensional finite ...

Abstract: Computational simulations of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are commonly used to advance understanding of the injury–pathology relationship, tissue damage thresholds, and design of protective equipment such as helmets. Both ...

Abstract: Respiration is a dynamic process accompanied by morphological changes in the airways. Although deformation of large airways is expected to exacerbate pulmonary disease symptoms by obstructing airflow during increased minute ...

Abstract: Computational models are useful for understanding respiratory physiology. Crucial to such models are the boundary conditions specifying the flow conditions at truncated airway branches (terminal flow rates). However, most ...

Abstract: Traumatic brain injury (TBI), particularly from explosive blasts, is a major cause of casualties in modern military conflicts. Computational models are an important tool in understanding the underlying biomechanics of TBI ...