Underbody Blast Testing (Army)
Abstract
The Underbody Blast Testing medical research project will provide an understanding of the biomechanics of skeletal injuries that occur in a combat vehicle UBB event involving a landmine or IED, and to provide the biomedical basis for the development of a Warrior-representative blast test manikin and associated biomedically-validated injury criteria that can be used to characterize dynamic events and injury risks for live-fire test and evaluation (LFT&E) crew survivability assessments and vehicle development efforts to better protect Warriors from UBB threats. Current test manikins were exclusively designed for the civilian automotive industry and as such are not suitable to the combat environment. Current manikins do not represent the modern Soldier or the vertical acceleration environment associated with UBB events, consequently, current LFT&E crew survivability assessment methodologies are limited in their ability to predict the types and severity of injuries seen in these events. Due to this technology gap, military ground vehicles are being fielded without fully defined levels of injury risk and crew survivability for UBB events. There is a critical need for an enhanced blast test manikin capable of illuminating these injury mechanisms.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- 431A_0603115HP_2_0130_PB_2014
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