Review of Department of Defense test protocols for combat helmets

Review of Department of Defense test protocols for combat helmets

Review of the Department of Defense Test Protocols for Combat Helmets considers the technical issues relating to test protocols for military combat helmets. At the request of the DOD Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, this report evaluates the adequacy of the Advanced Combat Helmet test pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Review of Test Protocols Used by the DoD to Test Combat Helmets (-), National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Army Science and Technology, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press 2014.
Materias:
Helmets > Materials > Research > United States > 21st century.
Body armor > Materials > Research > United States > 21st century.
Combat survivability (Military engineering)
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Evolution of combat helmets
  • Threats, head injuries, and test methodologies
  • Combat helmet testing
  • Helmet performance measures and trends to test data
  • First article testing protocols for resistance to penetration : statistical considerations and evaluations of DOD test plans
  • Test protocols for backface deformation statistical considerations and assessment
  • Lot acceptance testing
  • Characterization tests for the advanced combat helmet and future helmets
  • Linking helmet protection to brain injury.

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