Testing of body armor materials
Subtitle: phase III
By: 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
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780309255998
Subjects: Armor; Protective clothing; Testing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

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