Guidance for Calculation of Risk of Significant Injury from Blunt Impact Projectiles

Abstract

IDA developed a framework and associated analysis for computing the risk of significant injury (RSI) from blunt impact projectiles. This document includes four appendices describing that framework and how to employ it. The Joint Intermediate Force Capabilities Office (JIFCO) desired a way to estimate the RSI for any given projectile/employment combination incorporating such factors as targeting distance, aiming and delivery accuracy, impact velocity, reactive postures, and projectile and tissue properties. JIFCO has access to various models for different aspects of the analysis, however, the current document describes how to employ and combine these models to build the overall risk estimate.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1200222

Entities

People

  • Jeremy A. Teichman
  • Jessica G. Swallow
  • Sujeeta B. Bhatt
  • Yevgeny Macheret

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Arm Bones
  • Body Regions
  • Bone Fractures
  • Brain Injuries
  • Cardiac Arrest
  • Computer Vision
  • Employment
  • Equations
  • Errors
  • Guidance
  • Hit Probabilities
  • Impact Point
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Projectiles
  • Security
  • Segmented
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Standards
  • Targeting
  • Thoracic Injuries
  • Tissues
  • Torso
  • Weapons
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Medicine.