Review of Department of Defense test protocols for combat helmets /

Combat helmets have evolved considerably over the years from those used in World War I to today's Advanced Combat Helmet. One of the key advances was the development of aramid fibers in the 1960s, which led to today's Kevlar-based helmets. The Department of Defense is continuing to invest...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]
Temas:
United States > Department of Defense
2000-2099
Helmets > Materials > Research > United States > 21st century.
Body armor > Materials > Research > United States > 21st century.
Combat survivability (Military engineering)
Head Protective Devices > standards
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Materials Testing > standards
Military Personnel
Warfare
Casques > Matériaux > Recherche > États-Unis > 21e siècle.
Gilets pare-balles > Matériaux > Recherche > États-Unis > 21e siècle.
Surviabilité.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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