Grant: Alliance Grants
University of Alberta
$125,000.00
Towards an advanced head surrogate for blunt impact assessment in defense injury scenarios_x000d_
FY 2020-21
Summary
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.
Program
Alliance Grants
Recipient
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
554461-2020
Name nom
Dennison, Christopher
Department département
Mechanical Engineering
Organization id
9
Institution établissement
University of Alberta
Province en
Alberta
Province fr
Alberta
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2020
Competition year année de concours
2020
Award amount
125000
Program id
ALLRP
Program name en
Alliance Grants
Program name fr
Subventions Alliance
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
1206
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Engineering
Area of application fr
Génie
Research subject code
2109
Research subject group en
Mechanical engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie mécanique
Research subject en
Mechanical systems and instrumentation
Research subject fr
Instrumentation et systèmes mécaniques
Installment
inst:1 - 1
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Towards an advanced head surrogate for blunt impact assessment in defense injury scenarios_x000d_
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
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.
