TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Experimental platforms to study blast injury
JO  - Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
A1  - Nguyen, Thuy-Tien
A1  - Pearce, A. P.
A1  - Carpanen, D.
A1  - Sory, D.
A1  - Grigoriadis, G.
A1  - Newell, N.
A1  - Clasper, Jonathan C.
A1  - Bull, A.
A1  - Proud, W. G.
A1  - Masouros, S. D.
SP  - 33
EP  - 37
VL  - 165
IS  - 1
N2  - Injuries sustained due to attacks from explosive weapons are multiple in number, complex in nature, and not well characterised. Blast may cause damage to the human body by the direct effect of overpressure, penetration by highly energised fragments, and blunt trauma by violent displacements of the body. The ability to reproduce the injuries of such insults in a well-controlled fashion is essential in order to understand fully the unique mechanism by which they occur, and design better treatment and protection strategies to alleviate the resulting poor long-term outcomes. This paper reports a range of experimental platforms that have been developed for different blast injury models, their working mechanism, and main applications. These platforms include the shock tube, split-Hopkinson bars, the gas gun, drop towers and bespoke underbody blast simulators.<br><br>© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0035-8665
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jramc-2018-000966
ID  - ref1
ER  -