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Ballistic Helmet Standard. Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference and Exposition. San Francisco, November 6-8, 2007. Motivation. new lightweight composite helmets have increased protection against penetration - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Ballistic HelmetBallistic HelmetStandardStandard
Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference and Exposition
San Francisco, November 6-8, 2007
TCIP Conference and Exposition, November 6-8, 2007
MotivationMotivation• new lightweight composite helmets
have increased protection against penetration
• non-penetrating impacts may results in large backface deformation
• increase risk of serious skull/brain injuries ?
• current test procedures address penetration resistance but lack injury risk evaluation for non-penetrating impacts
TCIP Conference and Exposition, November 6-8, 2007
R&D ReviewR&D Reviewmid 90’ DRDC Valcartier initiated study on backface
impact force / deformation1997 NATO BABT TG0012000 Natick Soldier Center: developed skull fracture
injury function (UVa)2002 TSWG funded development of ballistic helmet
test method2005 TSWG funded additional efforts to evaluate
threat severity
TCIP Conference and Exposition, November 6-8, 2007
U.S Army NSC R&D ProgramU.S Army NSC R&D Program
• Research approach:• Identify injury mechanism• Determine physical response measurement• Develop injury function• Develop physical surrogate
• Work conducted by Bass et al. (University of Virginia
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Injury FunctionInjury Function
animal modelcadaver modelepidemiology
Injury Model
Physical Responseloads, acceleration, etc.
Surrogateloads, acceleration, etc.
TransferFunction
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Injury FunctionInjury Function
animal modelcadaver modelepidemiology
Injury Model
Physical Responseloads, acceleration, etc.
Physical Response
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jury
Surrogateloads, acceleration, etc.
Physical Response
Prob
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f inj
ury
TransferFunction
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OutcomesOutcomes
• Skull peak pressure is best correlated with injury
• Injury function for non-penetrating ballistic impacts 0%
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Skull Peak Pressure
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No Fracture
Fracture
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NIJ Standard 0106.01 (1981)NIJ Standard 0106.01 (1981)Penetration Resistance• Limited number of test samples
required:• 2 helmets / test ammunition• 1st helmet tested at ambient
conditions• 2nd helmet wet-conditioned
(immersion 2-4hr)• 4 impact locations / helmet:
• rear, front, left, right• Requirement for Level I, II-A and
II only• No ballistic limit tests (V50)
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NIJ Standard 0106.01 (1981)NIJ Standard 0106.01 (1981)Transmitted Force• 1 helmet / test ammunition• tested at ambient conditions• 4 impact locations / helmet:
• rear, front, left, right• Peak linear acceleration
<400g• Correlation with injury
unknown
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Other Test ProceduresOther Test Procedures• HPW-TP-0401.01B (1995)
• Measure maximum deformation in clay
• Correlation with injury unknown
• STANAG 2920• No requirement for non-
penetrating impacts
• ACH Specifications• Measure maximum
deformation in clay• Correlation with injury
unknown
clay
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Proposed Test MethodProposed Test Method• confirm penetration resistance
with separate headform • implement an impact force
measurement headform• based on injury model
developed by Bass et al. (2003) using localized skull pressure
• predict risk of skull fracture from dynamic force measurements
• evaluate BABT protection performance of ballistic helmets
0%
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Peak Force (N)
Inju
ry r
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50% Risk at 4256 N
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Penetration HeadformPenetration Headform
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Impact Force MeasurementImpact Force Measurement
Load Cell Module
Pressure Sensitive Film
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Parametric StudyParametric Study
• Energy Absorbing (EA) Material• Standoff• Helmet Shell
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350 375 400 425 450 475
Projectile Velocity (m/s)
Peak
Impa
ct F
orce
Helmet AHelmet BHelmet CHelmet D
50% risk of skull fracture
Peak Force vs. Impact SpeedPeak Force vs. Impact SpeedTest
Sample Description Size Standoff (mm)
Wt(kg)
AD(kg/m2)
A Baseline design, no EA liner matl M L H H
B Baseline design with EA liner matl M M H H
C New lightweight design M L L L
D New lightweight design L H L L
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Time
Forc
e
Helmet A (405 m/s) Helmet B (398 m/s)
Energy Absorbing LinerEnergy Absorbing Liner
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OutcomesOutcomes
• Current design & new lightweight helmets can have comparable BABT attenuation
standoff peak impact force• EA materials peak impact force (load
distribution)
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Standards ActivitiesStandards Activities
• The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has formed a new CSA Technical Committee to create a National Standard on ballistic helmets (CSA Z613).
• The National Institute of Justice Ballistic Helmet standard is under revision.