TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - A methodology for assessing blast protection in explosive ordnance disposal bomb suits
JO  - International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics
A1  - Bass, Cameron R. Dale
A1  - Davis, M.
A1  - Rafaels, Karin
A1  - Rountree, Mark Steve
A1  - Harris, Robin M.
A1  - Sanderson, Ellory
A1  - Andrefsky, Walter
A1  - DiMarco, Gina
A1  - Zielinski, M.
SP  - 347
EP  - 361
VL  - 11
IS  - 4
N2  - To reduce human casualties associated with explosive ordnance disposal, a wide range of protective wear has been designed to shield against the blast effects of improvised explosive devices and munitions. In this study, 4 commercially available bomb suits, representing a range of materials and armor masses, were evaluated against 0.227 and 0.567 kg of spherical C-4 explosives to determine the level of protection offered to the head, neck, and thorax. A Hybrid III dummy, an instrumented human surrogate [1], was tested with and without protection from the 4 commercially available bomb suits. 20 tests with the dummy torso mounted to simulate a kneeling position were performed to confirm repeatability and robustness of the dummies, as well as to evaluate the 4 suits. Correlations between injury risk assessments based on past human or animal injury model data and various parameters such as bomb suit mass, projected area, and dummy coverage area were drawn.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1080-3548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -