Imperial College London
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Spyros Masouros

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering

Reader in Injury Biomechanics
 
 
 
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U516ASir Michael Uren HubWhite City Campus

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@article{Newell:2016:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.02.007,
author = {Newell, N and Salzar, R and Bull, AMJ and Masouros, SD},
doi = {10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.02.007},
journal = {Journal of Biomechanics},
pages = {710--717},
title = {A validated numerical model of a lower limb surrogate to investigate injuries caused by under-vehicle explosions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.02.007},
volume = {49},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Under-vehicle explosions often result in injury of occupants lower extremities. The majority of these injuries are associated with poor outcomes. The protective ability of vehicles against explosions is assessed with Anthropometric Test Devices (ATDs) such as the MIL-Lx, which is designed to behave in a similar way to the human lower extremity when subjected to axial loading. It incorporates tibia load cells, the response of which can provide an indication of the risk of injury to the lower extremity through the use of injury risk curves developed from cadaveric experiments. In this study an axisymmetric finite element model of the MIL-Lx with a combat boot was developed and validated. Model geometry was obtained from measurements taken using digital callipers and rulers from the MIL-Lx, and using CT images for the combat boot. Appropriate experimental methods were used to obtain material properties. These included dynamic, uniaxial compression tests, quasi-static stress-relaxation tests and 3 point bending tests. The model was validated by comparing force-time response measured at the tibia load cells and the amount of compliant element compression obtained experimentally and computationally using two blast-injury experimental rigs. Good correlations between the numerical and experimental results were obtained with both. This model can now be used as a virtual test-bed of mitigation designs and in surrogate device development.
AU  - Newell,N
AU  - Salzar,R
AU  - Bull,AMJ
AU  - Masouros,SD
DO  - 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.02.007
EP  - 717
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 0021-9290
SP  - 710
TI  - A validated numerical model of a lower limb surrogate to investigate injuries caused by under-vehicle explosions
T2  - Journal of Biomechanics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.02.007
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021929016301075?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/40408
VL  - 49
ER  -
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