ABDOMINAL INJURY HAS THE GREATER IMPACT
Previous research has been conducted looking at the trauma to the abdomen after a blunt impact. However these studies have largely focussed on high mass, low velocity impacts such as automotive crashes. Due to their increasing use, less lethal munitions (LLMs) have been examined and it has been shown that the abdominal region is cited as the area most impacted during the deployment of kinetic energy rounds 1. Clinical data also suggests that more severe behind armour blunt trauma injuries are sustained by the abdomen than the thorax. A simulator rig was used in conjunction with impact data from an instrumented drop tower to examine the blunt trauma caused by LLM rounds and also by 9mm DM11A1B2 rounds to the abdomen at different soft armours at the PSDB HG1/A level. The backface deformation of the body armour was determined by measuring the displacement of the response element (Silicone) behind the armour using a long range displacement laser. The results from the simulator rig were compared with previously published data on mammalian flesh and other simulant materials and were found to be sufficiently encouraging to warrant further investigation.
Kate Hewins Ian Horsfall Celia Watson
Cranfield University, Cranfield Defence and Security, The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham, Wilts, UK. SN6 8LA
国际会议
25th International Symposium on Ballistics(第25届国际弹道会议)
北京
英文
1621-1629
2010-05-17（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）