Impact injury mechanisms in abdominal organs.

Author(s)
Melvin, J.W. Stalnaker, R.L. Roberts, V.L. & Trollope, M.L.
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Abstract

A study in which direct impacts were applied to livers and kidneys is described. A discussion of the injury mechanisms observed in the tests is given, and correlation between injury severity and the mechanical parameters of stress strain, and strain energy produced in the tissue of the organ is presented.

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B 6856 (In: B 3364 S [electronic version only]) /84.1/ IRRD 211200
Source

In: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Stapp Car Crash Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 12-13, 1973, p. 115-126, fig., graph., tab., ref.; SAE paper No. 730968.

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