Author

Amy C Courtney

Exponent - Cited by 2,364 - ballistics - blast injury - biomechanics

Biography

Amy Courtney earned a Ph.D. in medical engineering and medical physics in a joint Harvard/MIT program. Amy has taught anatomy and physiology as well as physics and served as a research scientist at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. She served on the physics faculty of the United States Military Academy (West Point) and as a scientific consultant for Force Protection Industries, Inc. and continues to consult for other defense and medical research interests.
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Blast-associated shock waves result in increased brain vascular leakage and elevated ROS levels in a rat model of traumatic brain injury
S Kabu, H Jaffer, M Petro, D Dudzinski, D Stewart, A Courtney, ...PloS one 10 (5), e0127971, 2015201
62
2015
Oxy-acetylene driven laboratory scale shock tubes for studying blast wave effects
AC Courtney, LP Andrusiv, MW CourtneyReview of Scientific Instruments 83 (4), 2012201
46
2012
Prevalence of spine degeneration diagnosis by type, age, gender, and obesity using Medicare data
CS Parenteau, EC Lau, IC Campbell, A CourtneyScientific Reports 11 (1), 5389, 2021202
45
2021
Shock tube design for high intensity blast waves for laboratory testing of armor and combat materiel
E Courtney, A Courtney, M CourtneyDefence Technology 10 (2), 245-250, 2014201
34
2014
Blast wave transmission through transparent armour materials
EDS Courtney, AC Courtney, MW CourtneyJournal of Battlefield Technology 15 (2), 19-22, 2012201
11
2012
Physical mechanisms of soft tissue injury from penetrating ballistic impact
A Courtney, M CourtneyDFRL US Air Force Academy, 2012201
11
2012
Experimental tests of the proportionality of aerodynamic drag to air density for supersonic projectiles
E Courtney, A Courtney, M CourtneyarXiv preprint arXiv:15.07336, 2015201
10
2015
History and evidence regarding hydrostatic shock
M Courtney, A CourtneyNeurosurgery 68 (2), E56-E57, 2011201
9
2011
Risk of Concussion in Low-to Moderate-Speed Frontal and Rear-End Motor Vehicle Collisions Evaluated Using Head Acceleration-Based Metrics
SA Pasquesi, A Bruno, A Courtney, SM Imler, J Smedley, MT PrangeSAE Technical Paper, 2019201
7
2019
Clear Ballistics GelĀ®: High Speed Retarding Force Analysis of Paraffin-Based Alternative to Gelatin-based Testing of Lead-Free Pistol Bullets
E Courtney, A Courtney, L Andrusiv, M Courtney30th International Symposium on Ballistics, 2017201
6
2017
Risk of concussion due to head acceleration in rear impact sled tests of passenger automobile seats
A Courtney, IC Campbell, E Courtney, SA PasquesiTraffic Injury Prevention 19 (sup2), S133-S135, 2018201
6
2018
A test of the acoustic impedance model of blast wave transmission
AC Courtney, LP Andrusiv, MW CourtneyJournal of Battlefield Technology 16 (3), 1-4, 2013201
5
2013
Note: Device for underwater laboratory simulation of unconfined blast waves
E Courtney, A Courtney, M CourtneyReview of Scientific Instruments 86 (6), 2015201
4
2015
Bullet retarding forces in ballistic gelatin by analysis of high speed video
S Gaylord, R Blair, M Courtney, A CourtneyarXiv preprint arXiv:1305.5215, 2013201
4
2013
Illuminating Fourier series with Audacity
AC Courtney, MW CourtneyarXiv preprint arXiv:1211.482, 2012201
3
2012
Using sound of target impact for acoustic reconstructions of shooting events
MW Courtney, AC CourtneyMedicine, Science and the Law 52 (2), 89-92, 2012201
3
2012
Effects of Sound Suppressors on Muzzle Velocity, Bullet Yaw, and Drag
E Courtney, R Couvillion, A Courtney, M CourtneyarXiv preprint arXiv:1802.05748, 2017201
3
2017
A $55 Shock Tube for Simulated Blast Waves
E Courtney, A Courtney, M CourtneyarXiv preprint arXiv:1502.06112, 2015201
3
2015