Blunt Impact Testing Considerations

Abstract

The Army's helmet blunt impact test method is complex due to the realities of testing a helmet system. To better understand the complexities of the test method, this effort briefly investigates the roles of multiple variables: temperature dependencies of materials being evaluated, foam pad relaxation post impact, trends and repeatability of the test system. Rapid prototyping was used to create tools that could remove degrees of freedom in the test set up, potentially reducing operator dependencies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 11, 2022
Accession Number
AD1167589

Entities

People

  • Charles Hewitt
  • Jonathan Cyganik
  • Tony J. Kayhart

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Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Army Personnel
  • Assembly
  • Climate Change
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Data Acquisition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Drop Tests
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Flexible Materials
  • Impact Tests
  • Information Operations
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Procurement
  • Relaxation Time
  • Software Prototyping
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods
  • Test Sets

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  • Systems Analysis and Design