RT Journal Article
T1 Impact response of advance combat helmet pad systems
A1 Rodríguez Millán, Marcos
A1 Rubio Díaz, Ignacio
A1 Burpo, F. J.
A1 Olmedo Marcos, Álvaro
A1 Loya Lorenzo, José Antonio
A1 Parker, K. K.
A1 Miguélez Garrido, María Henar
AB Combat helmets are designed to protect against ballistic threats and fragments of explosive devices. There are numerous types of helmet comfort foams available. However, pad systems have not been evaluated in combat helmets to understand to what extent they mitigate head accelerations. In this work, different pad systems are studied to analyze the ballistic performance of combat helmets using a Hybrid III dummy equipped with longitudinal accelerometers at the head and a neck simulator. The tests are conducted with 9 mm Full Metal Jacket (FMJ) projectiles according to the performance requirements III-A of the NIJ 0106.01 standard. This experimental methodology allows the evaluation of brain and neck injuries. The thicker bicomponent polyurethane foams and the honeycomb configuration provided the best results in terms of mitigating brain damage due to accelerations applying different criteria (PLA, WSTC, HIC). However, it was concluded that there is no cervical injury or cranial fracture risk for any of the cases studied.
PB Elsevier Ltd
SN 0734-743X
YR 2023
FD 2023-11-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/38718
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/38718
LA eng
NO The authors acknowledge the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain and the FEDER program under Projects DPI2017-88166-R and PID2020-118946RB-I00 for the financial support of the work. M. Rodriguez-Millan acknowledges the Spanish Ministry of Universities, the National Program for the Promotion of Talent, and its Employability in Research and Development and Innovation (R&D&I), National Mobility Subprogram of the National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021–2023, for the professor’s mobility program (PRX21/00329). It has to thank the funding for APC: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Read and Publish Agreement CRUECSIC 2023).
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