Physicists shed light on mysterious battlefield injury

[fritzd]

Something interesting. hehe

Physicists shed light on mysterious battlefield injury


Blast waves

A common battlefield brain injury could originate in the blast waves of nearby explosions, even though such waves cause relatively small accelerations of a soldier's body. That is the conclusion of physicists in the US who have used computer simulations to study the causes of traumatic brain injury (TBI), a poorly understood condition that appears to be on the increase.

According to the simulations, the blast waves of grenades, landmines and other devices can bypass a soldier's helmet, distort the skull and inflict potentially dangerous loads on the brain. These loads may be sufficient to cause TBI, even when there has been no contact with shrapnel from the explosion.

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Physicists shed light on mysterious battlefield injury - physicsworld.com

[ethzneuron]

naa ba kaha ni relation sa mga soldiers nga murag na-war shock.. maybe?!

[hizuka007]

Quote: Originally Posted by ethzneuron naa ba kaha ni relation sa mga soldiers nga murag na-war shock.. maybe?!

sa tanaw nako wala part, kay psychological raman nang warshock... dala raman na sa pagkabayot

[personalmgt]

It's the shockwave that kills and deals more damage from explosives. Direct hits and shrapnels are just the small percentages of explosion fatalities

Remember, if you happen to be in the water and someone drops a nade even 20 meters away from you, its highly lethal to your body. It's not the grenade that's going to kill you, its the shockwave that the grenade+water produces. The same logic applies on land, only that in water it is OVER 9000 more lethal.

Now I wonder what's the next thing they will prove, soldiers surviving and not even getting bruised from a headshot when their helmets are on(yes, the helmets pop out of the wearer instead of the bullet fully penetrating the helmet)