Journal article
The effect of impact duration on the axial fracture tolerance of the isolated tibia during automotive and military impacts
Abstract
Axial impacts to the lower leg during debilitating events such as frontal automotive collisions and military underbody blasts can cause significant injuries to the tibia. Several studies have conducted axial impact tests to determine the injury limits of the lower leg, mostly focused on automotive intrusions, resulting in an established force criterion for injury assessments. Due to the viscoelastic properties of bone, it remains unclear …
Authors
Martinez AA; Chakravarty AB; Quenneville CE
Journal
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Vol. 78, , pp. 315–320
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2 2018
DOI
10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.11.013
ISSN
1751-6161