Blast loading on the head under a military helmet: Effect of face shield and mandible protection

52nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mott, David R ^a   Young, Theodore R ^b   Schwer, Douglas A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Berkeley Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY;

BLAST LOADING; PEAK PRESSURE; PRESSURE FIELD; PRESSURE WAVES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REDUCED PRESSURE; SYSTEM GEOMETRY; WAVE REFLECTIONS;

SAFETY DEVICES;

EID: 84920818594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2014-0948     Document Type: Conference Paper

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