Special Study of Anthropomorphic Simulators for use in Blast Environments

Abstract

The investigation of existing Materiel Testing Directorate (MTD) capabilities involving the use of anthropomorphic simulators to acquire data pertinent to the determination of injuries to the crews of armored vehicles as a result of exposure to mine-excited shock blast was conducted from 19 April through 18 September 1972 at Aberdeen Proving Ground. The objectives of this investigation were to define customer interests, the options available in anthropomorphic simulators, the availability of guidelines for correlating test results to known human effects, and the applicable instrumentation. The investigations were limited to the impact region of human tolerance levels.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0907805

Entities

People

  • J. Compton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Vehicles
  • Dynamic Response
  • Ejection Seats
  • Frequency
  • Instrumentation
  • Lower Extremity
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Medical Personnel
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Simulators
  • Spinal Column
  • Spine
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Explosive Engineering.