Warrior Injury Assessment Manikin (WIAMan)
Abstract
The Warrior Injury Assessment Manikin (WIAMan) Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD) Project will develop and produce Warrior-representative ATDs that incorporate realistic, biomechanically-validated injury features and assessment tools to better characterize dynamic events and injury risks measured in Live Fire Test & Evaluation (LFT&E) and vehicle development efforts. This capability is comprised of an ATD system built for the Title 10 LFT&E environment and associated biomechanics data and analysis tools. The current manikins do not represent the modern Warrior and were not designed for the vertical acceleration environment associated with underbody blast (UBB) events. Consequently, current LFT&E crew survivability assessment devices are limited in their ability to predict the types and severity of injuries seen in these events. Due to this technology gap, military ground vehicles are being fielded without fully defined levels of injury risk and crew survivability for Under Body Blast (UBB) events. The device produced by this Project will be used to satisfy a critical need for scientifically valid capability for analyzing the risk of injury caused by UBB.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- FA4_0604759A_6_2040_PB_2020
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