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Physics and Physiology Based Human Body Model of Blast Injury and Protection

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Health Agency
Contract: W81XWH-14-C-0045
Agency Tracking Number: H132-010-0049
Amount: $149,949.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: DHP13-010
Solicitation Number: 2013.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2013
Award Year: 2014
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2014-01-07
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2014-08-06
Small Business Information
215 Wynn Dr., 5th Floor
Huntsville, AL 35805-
United States
DUNS: 185169620
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Andrzej Przekwas
 Senior VP Research and CTO
 (256) 726-4800
 proposals-contracts@cfdrc.com
Business Contact
 Deborah Phipps
Title: Contracts Manager
Phone: (256) 726-4884
Email: dap@cfdrc.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Reports of military and civilian blast related injuries are reported daily by the media from all over the world. Limited understanding of the physics of blast-human body interaction and injury biomechanics hinder the development of protective measures. Experiments using animal models, cadavers and physical surrogates are costly, slow and mostly inadequate. We propose to develop anatomically consistent, articulated human body model and computational tools of blast physics and body injury biomechanics to enable fast and accurate simulation of blast and ballistic injury casualty estimation, and development of novel personal protective equipment. In Phase I we will design and develop a prototype simulation framework for modeling a human body anthropometry, anatomy and posture relevant for military blast exposure scenarios. A material property database base of various tissues and organs and a GUI framework will be established to enable generation of injury biomechanics models and simulations. In phase I we will conduct model validation simulations of human body responses to a free filed blast and a human sitting in a combat vehicle exposed to underbody blast. In Phase II the body model will be extended to simulate protective clothing, armor and equipment. The integrated tools and model will be validated against blast injury data, demonstrated for various blast injury scenarios and delivered to the Army.

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