• Injury · Nov 2012

    Blast injuries to the human mandible: development of a finite element model and a preliminary finite element analysis.

    • Tao Lei, Liangxian Xie, Wenbing Tu, Yubin Chen, Zhen Tang, and Yinghui Tan.
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037, PR China.
    • Injury. 2012 Nov 1;43(11):1850-5.

    ObjectiveIn an attempt to explore new tools for constructing a model of blast injuries to the human mandible, a finite element method was used. This model allowed us to perform dynamic simulations and analyse the injury processes and severity of trauma to the human mandible from an explosion striking at the middle mandibular angle.MethodsA 3D finite element model of the human mandible was created using digitally visualised CT scanning data of the human mandible. It was used to dynamically simulate the complete injury process of a blast event to a human mandible (at the middle mandibular angle) under the injury conditions of a 600 mg TNT explosion. The model was also used to elucidate the subsequent mandibular damage and the dynamic distribution of several biomechanical indices (e.g., stress, and strain). The resulting data were subjected to a comparative analysis.ResultsSimulation was successfully conducted for injury events in which 600 mg of TNT exploded at 3 cm, 5 cm and 10 cm from the middle mandibular angle of a human mandible; specifically, the simulation included the dynamic injury processes and the distribution of stress and strain in various parts of the damaged mandible. A comparison of the simulation data revealed that different blast distances resulted in considerable variation in the severity and biological indices of the mandibular injury.ConclusionThe finite element model was able to dynamically simulate the blast-initiated trauma processes to a human mandible, which allowed for investigation of the severity of damage to the mandible under different injury conditions. This model and the simulation method are conducive for applications in basic studies and clinical investigations of blast-initiated injury mechanisms of bone tissues.Crown Copyright © 2012. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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