How Body Pressure Distribution Can Map Soldier Comfort

Abstract

Body Pressure Distribution is shown to help describe a military seat's comfort. It compliments but doesn't replace absorbed power. Metrics can only compare seats subject dependent. It is difficult to measure interaction of subject, body armor and seat back. Best test method needs to be determined. Until process can be refined, questionnaires and other subjective data is still needed in seat evaluations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 2011
Accession Number
ADA541383

Entities

People

  • Michael Megiveron

Organizations

  • United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Body Armor
  • Case Studies
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Environment
  • Frequency
  • Information Operations
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Ride Quality
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
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Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Explosive Engineering.