The Development of a Finite Element Ovine Thorax Model for use in Behind Armor Blunt Trauma Studies
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- title
- The Development of a Finite Element Ovine Thorax Model for use in Behind Armor Blunt Trauma Studies
- author
- Caffrey, Juliette M
- abstract
- Behind armor blunt trauma (BABT) occurs when a projectile impacts body armor and causes high-rate back face deformation. While these impacts are not penetrating, they can still cause injuries with serious complications and even death1. This study develops an ovine thorax finite element model (OTM) for the study of BABT injury mechanism and prediction. Model development involved the main steps of medical image acquisition, image segmentation, mesh development, model assembly, and model assessment.
- subject
- Behind armor blunt trauma
- FEA development
- finite element model
- ovine
- contributor
- Gayzik, F. Scott (advisor)
- Rahbar, Elaheh (committee member)
- Weaver, Ashley (committee member)
- date
- 2023-01-24T09:35:49Z (accessioned)
- 2022 (issued)
- degree
- Biomedical Engineering (discipline)
- embargo
- 2028-01-13 (terms)
- 2028-01-13 (liftdate)
- identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10339/101775 (uri)
- language
- en (iso)
- publisher
- Wake Forest University
- type
- Thesis