Testing of body armor materials phase III / Committee on Testing of Body Armor Materials for Use by the U.S. Army-Phase III, Board on Army Science and Technology, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Other author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Testing Armor Materials for Use by the U.S. Army.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : National Academies Press,
Descriptionxxii, 339 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Overview of body armor -- Historical basis for current body armor testing -- Clay and backing materials -- Instrumentation and procedures for measuring an indent in a clay backing material -- Statistical considerations in body armor testing -- Helmet testing -- Medical basis for future body armor testing -- Future improvements in testing methodology.
Contents Appendices: Biographical sketches of committee members -- Committee meetings -- Additional phase III tasks -- Report sections cross-referenced to the statement of task -- Ballistic body armor insert composition and defeat mechanisms -- Committee responses to the government accountability office report -- Determining the necessary level of precision for body army testing -- Statistical tolerance bounds -- Analytical approaches for comparing test protocols -- Contemporary methods for assessing behind-armor blunt trauma in live animals -- Phase I findings -- Phase II recommendations -- Estimating the accuracy and precision of the digital caliper and faro laser.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012554790
ISBN9780309255998
ISBN0309255996

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