Table 2.
Mass of brain and protective structures (skull and flesh), tissue longitudinal stress wave celerity, and value of the proposed blast scaling variable for different species considered
Species | Mbody, kg | Mbrain, g | cbrain, ms−1 | Mskull, g | cskull, ms−1 | Mflesh, g | cflesh, ms−1 | η |
Mouse | 0.028 | 0.410 | 1,549 | 0.740 | 2,295 | 1.876 | 1,778 | 0.13 |
Pig | 138.2 | 151.3 | 1,549 | 948.9 | 2,295 | 4,186 | 1,778 | 0.02 |
Human | 72.97 | 1,573 | 1,549 | 705.6 | 2,295 | 918.1 | 1,778 | 0.75 |