Research Article

Effects of Explosion Shock Waves on Lung Injuries in Rabbits

Table 4

Traditional damage criteria of shock wave overpressure to human bodies (unit: kPa).

Data sourcesInjury level
MildModerateSevereFatal

American scholar15.723.553.9186.34
Former soviet scholar19.6–39.239.2–98.0235.4
Case statistics of explosion accident10.8–27.527.5–49.049.0–127.5127.5