TY - GEN
T1 - VALIDATION OF AN ACH HELMET FOR HEAD INJURY RISK ASSESSMENT
AU - Nsiampa, Nestor
AU - Coghe, Frederik
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The development of new lightweight, high performance composite materials for ballistic applications has enabled the development of new helmet types to better protect military personnel from fragments and small caliber projectiles. However, a disadvantage of these lightweight helmets is the increase of the backface deformation (BFD) of the helmet shell, which also can increase the risk of Behind Helmet Blunt Trauma (BHBT)that can impair the soldier's performance and even endanger his life. Therefore, a BHBT injury risk assessment is required before any helmet is put into service. For further injury risk assessment for a protected head using validated head finite element model, this paper presents the first results of the validation of the Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) model when impacted by 9 mm Full Metal Jacket (FMJ) ammunition using experimental results found in the literature.
AB - The development of new lightweight, high performance composite materials for ballistic applications has enabled the development of new helmet types to better protect military personnel from fragments and small caliber projectiles. However, a disadvantage of these lightweight helmets is the increase of the backface deformation (BFD) of the helmet shell, which also can increase the risk of Behind Helmet Blunt Trauma (BHBT)that can impair the soldier's performance and even endanger his life. Therefore, a BHBT injury risk assessment is required before any helmet is put into service. For further injury risk assessment for a protected head using validated head finite element model, this paper presents the first results of the validation of the Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) model when impacted by 9 mm Full Metal Jacket (FMJ) ammunition using experimental results found in the literature.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85178994848
T3 - Proceedings - 33rd International Symposium on Ballistics, BALLISTICS 2023
SP - 2415
EP - 2424
BT - Interior Ballistics, Terminal Ballistics
A2 - Coghe, Frederik
PB - DEStech Publications
T2 - 33rd International Symposium on Ballistics, BALLISTICS 2023
Y2 - 16 October 2023 through 20 October 2023
ER -