Thota, Narasimha M. and Epaarachchi, Jayantha A. and Lau, Kin-tak (2013) Effect of the energy absorbing mechanisms on the blunt thoracic trauma caused by a typical foam projectile. In: 3rd World Congress on Frontiers of Mechanical, Aerospace and Automotive Engineering (WCFMAAE 2013), 2-3 Feb 2013, New Delhi, India.
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Abstract
Blunt trauma evaluation plays vital role in the design, development and validation of any non-lethal ammunition. Foam nosed projectiles are one among of the commonly used and most popular non-lethal ammunition. An extensive study to evaluate the effect of energy absorbing mechanisms (collapsible Aluminum foiled structure, Collapsible Aluminum cylinder with slots and corrugations etc) on the blunt thoracic trauma caused by a typical foam projectile was conducted. For this study, finite element model of the thorax of the 50% percentile male deformable Hybrid III dummy was used as the target. CAE simulation iterations by impacting the target with a typical foam nosed projectile at 75-100 m/s (with an increment of 5 m/s) were carried out. Similar impact cases were carried out by using foam projectile with the energy absorbing mechanisms. In this paper, force-time responses obtained from the numerical simulations were analyzed and effect of the energy absorbing mechanisms on the blunt thoracic trauma was discussed.
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| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Commonwealth Reporting Category E) (Paper) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Engineering and Surveying - Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jul 2013 00:55 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Feb 2017 05:43 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | blunt thoracic trauma; non-lethal ammunition; foam grenade; energy absorption; non-linear transient impact analysis |
| Fields of Research : | 09 Engineering > 0903 Biomedical Engineering > 090302 Biomechanical Engineering 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1116 Medical Physiology > 111602 Human Biophysics 02 Physical Sciences > 0299 Other Physical Sciences > 029901 Biological Physics |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | A Defence > 81 Defence > 8101 Defence > 810104 Emerging Defence Technologies |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/22978 |
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