Preliminary Study of the Effects of Combat Helmet on Head/Neck Response under Rear/Side Impacts

Abstract

This project defined the basis for a laboratory test procedure to evaluate the effects of a combat helmet on head/neck injury to vehicle occupants caused by lED explosions beside military vehicies. Laboratory test equipment was adapted to replicate the loading observed during full-scale trials at DRDC Valcartier. Two levels of loadings were considered to simulate neck loadings during full-scale lED testing and two head/neck surrogates, Hybrid Ill and EuroSID-2, were evaluated. Combat helmets caused moderate effects on the loading severity based ori head acceleration anQ neck load recorded responses. Larger differences between helmeted head vs. bare head were observed for higher loading regimes. Finally, significant differences were also noted between the responses of the Hybrid Ill head-neck assembly in comparison with EuroSID 2.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2009
Accession Number
AD1003553

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  • Benoit Anctil
  • David P Sullivan
  • Michael Wonnacott

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