Towards an advanced head surrogate for blunt impact assessment in defense injury scenarios

用于头部的个人防护设备（PPE）可以包括如头盔和安全帽（头套）的示例。通常，这些头盔在实验室实验中进行测试，以确定头盔是否为佩戴它们的人提供足够的保护。这些实验室实验可以模拟头部撞击、子弹撞击和爆炸。因此，这些实验室方法对于评估社会各阶层的头盔都很重要，包括在工业或体育领域工作的普通人群，以及在日常工作中暴露于子弹和爆炸的执法和国防部门。这项由联盟资助的研究重点是推进可用于实验室评估头盔的真实人类头部模型。 在为爆炸试验开发的人头部模型的基础上，最初由加拿大国防研究与发展部开发，本研究的重点是推进模型头部在钝力冲击中应用的设计，从而揭示军用头部PPE的现实评估。

Personal protection equipment (PPE) for the head can include examples like helmets and hard hats (headgear). Often, these headgear are tested in lab experiments to determine whether the headgear provides adequate protection to the human wearing them. These lab experiments can simulate impact to the head, bullet strikes, and blasts. Therefore, these lab methods are important in assessing headgear in all segments of society including the general population that works in industry or engages in sport, and the law enforcement and defense sectors that are exposed to bullets and explosions during their daily duties.The research funded by this Alliance Grant focuses on advancing a realistic model of the human head that can be used in lab assessments of headgear. Building upon a model of the human head developed for blast tests, that was originally developed by Defense Research and Development Canada, this research focuses on advancing the design of the model head for applications in blunt impact such that it reveals realistic assessment of military head PPE.