TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Definition of a standardized skin penetration surrogate for blunt impacts
JO  - Proceedings of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury conference
A1  - Papy, Alexandre
A1  - Robbe, Cyril
A1  - Nsiampa, Nestor
A1  - Oukara, Amar
A1  - Goffin, Julien
SP  - 486
EP  - 493
VL  - 40
IS  - 
N2  - This paper's goal is to present a surrogate to assess potential skin penetration of blunt impact nonlethal projectiles as a basis for a future NATO standard. The proposed surrogate is made of natural chamois, closed-cell foam and ballistic gelatin. Skin penetration assessment on the surrogate is made on the gelatin. Results from live firings on the surrogate are presented and compared to those from the literature, based on cadavers. A statistical analysis shows that the surrogate results are very comparable to the cadaver ones and reproducible. Some comments are then presented concerning the results and practical considerations concerning the surrogate.<p />
LA  - 
SN  - 2235-3151
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -