Development of a Ballistic Impact Detection System

Abstract

The Future Force Warrior program is a revolutionary redesign of the warfighter platform that, for the first time, will incorporate soldier-worn physiological monitoring equipment. Part of this physiological system will include a Ballistic Impact Detection System (BIDS), designed to detect potentially injurious impacts to the body. Proof-of-concept data showed a consistent biphasic vibration pattern consisting of low amplitude, high frequency (Avg 656.6, SD 96.3 Hz) segment followed by a higher amplitude low frequency (98 Hz) segment. Low velocity impacts have shown that similar vibration patterns are created in the live swine (490.4 Hz, SD 118.1 Hz), dead swine (Avg 494.9 Hz, SD 123.0 Hz) and live human (Avg 437.1 Hz, SD 78.6 Hz). High velocity impact experiments in swine have been the basis for the design of an analogue/digital circuit that discriminates between normal activity and bullet and blast overpressure and fragment surrogates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA444888

Entities

People

  • Paul F. Bruney Iii
  • Stephen A. Van Albert

Organizations

  • Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Battlefields
  • Body Armor
  • Casualties
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Ground Based
  • Health Services
  • Impact Tests
  • Information Systems
  • Medical Personnel
  • Projectiles
  • Shock Waves
  • Warfare
  • Waves

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Seismology