Appleby-Thomas, Gareth J.Fitzmaurice, BriannaHameed, AmerPainter, JonathanGibson, Michael C.Wood, David C.Hazael, RachaelHazell, Paul J.2019-12-022019-12-022017-10-10Appleby-Thomas GJ, Fitzmaurice B, Hameed A, et al., On differences in the equation-of-state for a selection of seven representative mammalian tissue analogue materials. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Volume 77, January 2018, pp. 586-5931751-6161https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.10.012http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14787Tissue analogues employed for ballistic purposes are often monolithic in nature, e.g. ballistic gelatin and soap, etc. However, such constructs are not representative of real-world biological systems. Further, ethical considerations limit the ability to test with real-world tissues. This means that availability and understanding of accurate tissue simulants is of key importance. Here, the shock response of a wide range of ballistic simulants (ranging from dermal (protective / bulk) through to skeletal simulant materials) determined via plate-impact experiments are discussed, with a particular focus on the classification of the behaviour of differing simulants into groups that exhibit a similar response under high strain-rate loading. Resultant Hugoniot equation-of-state data (Us-up; P-v) provides appropriate feedstock materials data for future hydrocode simulations of ballistic impact events.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalArticle18699561