Publications by authors named "Juliette M Caffrey"
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- High-rate blunt impacts to the thorax can cause various injuries such as rib fractures and lung contusions, and this study aims to characterize two specific tissues, costal cartilage and hide, for better computational modeling of these impacts.
- Ovine samples were collected and tested for tensile and compressive responses, with costal cartilage subjected to high rates of strain and simulated using LS-Dyna software to create accurate models.
- Results showed that costal cartilage exhibited typical biological behavior with specific failure strains and was modeled as hyperelastic, while the hide was modeled with an Ogden rubber format, contributing valuable data for understanding injury mechanics.
The use of small ruminants, mainly sheep and goats, is increasing in biomedical research. Small ruminants are a desirable animal model due to their human-like anatomy and physiology. However, the large variability between studies and lack of baseline data on these animals creates a barrier to further research.
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