Non-lethal blast wave interactions with a human head

Fluid Structure Interactions for Blast Wave Mitigation

Mechanisms and Biological Consequences of the Blast-Body/Head Interactions

Modeling and Simulation of Interactions between Blast Waves and Structures for Blast Wave Mitigation

Explosions occur in military conflicts as well as in various industrial applications. Air blast waves generated by large explosions move outward with high velocity, pressure and temperature. The blast waves not only incapacitate military and civilian personnel, but also damages buildings, vehicles, and other properties. Hence, there has been extensive research on how to mitigate blast wave effe...

Ultra-Relativistic Blast Wave: Stability and Strong Non-Universality

Linear eigenmodes of a spherically symmetrical ultra-relativistic blast wave (the Blandford-McKee, BMK, solution) are calculated. The BMK solution is shown to be stable and strongly non-universal. It is stable because all the eigenmodes decay. Nonuniversality of the BMK solution (BMK is not an intermediate asymptotic) is a consequence of causality. In terms of eigenmodes – some eigenmodes decay...

Injury Risk Assessment of Non-Lethal Projectile Head Impacts

Kinetic energy non-lethal projectiles are used to impart sufficient effect onto a person in order to deter uncivil or hazardous behavior with a low probability of permanent injury. Since their first use, real cases indicate that the injuries inflicted by such projectiles may be irreversible and sometimes lead to death, especially for the head impacts. Given the high velocities and the low masse...