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SUMMARY:Mechanical behaviour of the lower limb under high strain rates - D
 r Spiros Masouros\, Imperial College London
DTSTART:20111028T130000Z
DTEND:20111028T133000Z
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CONTACT:Ms Helen Gardner
DESCRIPTION:The current conflicts in the Middle East have been epitomised 
 by the insurgents’ use of the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) against 
 security forces. Improvements in personal protection\, medical care and ev
 acuation logistics have resulted in increasing numbers of casualties survi
 ving with complex musculoskeletal injuries\, often leading to life-long di
 sability. \n\nThe aim of the Imperial Blast grouping is to establish funda
 mental understanding of musculoskeletal tissue dysfunction caused by blast
 -related loads by analysing clinical data and developing experimental and 
 computational models of blast injury in order to impact on mitigation. \n\
 nThe work presented in this talk focuses on the lower limb and its protect
 ion\, since it is the most frequently injured part of the musculoskeletal 
 system in survivors. We have designed and built a traumatic injury simulat
 or in order to look at the mechanism of injury and we have used standard m
 aterials testing techniques to understand bone and ligament behaviour acro
 ss loading rates. We have also looked at the behaviour of the combat boot 
 and its individual layers across loading rates\, and we have experimented 
 with anthropometric test devices (often referred to as ‘dummies’) to u
 nderstand their bio-fidelity. As with much applied research that requires 
 new basic science and experimental techniques to understand and influence 
 extreme processes\, this research has its political\, organisational\, fun
 ding\, collaborative and personal challenges\; this will be alluded to dur
 ing the talk.
LOCATION:Oatley Seminar Room\, Department of Engineering
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