Author’s Accepted Manuscript Experimental study of the strain rate dependence of a synthetic gel for ballistic blunt trauma assessment A. Bracq, G. Haugou, R. Delille, F. Lauro, S. Roth, O. Mauzac PII: S1751-6161(17)30187-X DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.04.027 Reference: JMBBM2316 To appear in: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials Received date: 17 March 2017 Accepted date: 27 April 2017 Cite this article as: A. Bracq, G. Haugou, R. Delille, F. Lauro, S. Roth and O. Mauzac, Experimental study of the strain rate dependence of a synthetic gel fo ballistic blunt trauma assessment, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior o Biomedical Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.04.027 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted fo publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version o the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting galley proof before it is published in its final citable form Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain www.elsevier.com/locate/jmbbm