Scope

Biomechanics aims to publish major insights related to the response of biomechanical systems from the exposure to impact. The section welcomes papers on low rate (falls), high rate (automotive), and very high rate (ballistic and blast) events. Inertial effects, and a discussion of where and how they apply, are critical components of the research we seek to highlight. Additionally, injury mitigation materials and techniques are of interest, with the qualification that the models and materials should be described with enough detail to enable qualified peer research groups to reproduce the reported results. One of the aims of the section is to publish computational models under impact that are validated with critical experiments. Computational studies without verification of the major findings through comparison to data from experiments or the refereed literature are not of interest. Technical notes regarding dynamic modeling techniques will be acceptable, provided they apply broadly, and are not specific to a particular computer code. The section will welcome articles in these major areas:
• Blunt impact to anatomic structures, with the effects of tissue boundary constraints and material properties
• Blast loading on anatomic structures, using Lagrangian and Eulerian models for the blast wave/tissue interaction
• Penetrating impact to anatomic structures, including models for terminal ballistics, tissue cavity formation, and tissue damage
• Impact to animal and human models of cellular structures, including hard and soft tissue
• Rate effects on soft and hard tissue, including constitutive models for intact and damaged tissue
• Determination of injury mechanisms and development of injury criteria and models connecting mechanical damage to biological response
• Injury mitigation strategies (personal protection-airbags, soft armor vests, hard armor, etc.) including assessment of materials (Kevlar, Spectra, etc. fibers, as well as ceramics)
• Fluid/structure interactions and transport across material boundaries as it applies to biomechanics
• Injury biomechanics, injury criteria
• Gait biomechanics
• Biomechanics and aging
• Musculoskeletal biomechanics
• Wheelchair, prosthetics/implant biomechanics

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