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Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2012]

1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations

ISBN 9780309256001 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 0309255996

ISBN 9780309255998

Print version: Testing of body armor materials, phase III. Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2012] xxii, 339 pages ; 28 cm ISBN 9780309255998

Includes bibliographical references

Introduction -- Overview of body armor -- Historical basis for current body armor testing -- Clay and backing materials -- Instrumentation and procedures for measuring an indent in a clay backing material -- Statistical considerations in body armor testing -- Helmet testing -- Medical basis for future body armor testing -- Future improvements in testing methodology.

Appendices: Biographical sketches of committee members -- Committee meetings -- Additional phase III tasks -- Report sections cross-referenced to the statement of task -- Ballistic body armor insert composition and defeat mechanisms -- Committee responses to the government accountability office report -- Determining the necessary level of precision for body army testing -- Statistical tolerance bounds -- Analytical approaches for comparing test protocols -- Contemporary methods for assessing behind-armor blunt trauma in live animals -- Phase I findings -- Phase II recommendations -- Estimating the accuracy and precision of the digital caliper and faro laser.

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(OCoLC)923290050