INTEGRATED BALLISTIC CASUALTY REDUCTION AND BALLISTIC PROTECTION MODEL

THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL SELECT EXISTING BALLISTIC PENETRATION CODES AND DEVELOP CASUALTY MODELS OF PENETRATING WOUND AND BLUNT TRAMA INJURIES. A PLAN FOR MODEL INTEGRATION AND OPTIMIZATION WILL BE DEVELOPED THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN PHASE II. THE PHASE II CODE WILL ENABLE DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF INDIVIDUAL BODY ARMOR TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF DESIGN, MATERIAL, AND CONFIGURATIONAL CHANGES IN TERMS THE ARMOR'S CASUALTY REDUCTION POTENTIAL. SEVEN TASKS ARE INCLUDED IN PHASE I. THE FIRST TASK DETERMINES IN CONSONANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT THE SPECIFIC THREATS, COMPUTER HARDWARE, AND RANGE OF ARMOR MATERIALS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE PHASE II CODE. THE SECOND TASK SELECTS BALLISTIC PENETRATION MODELS AND DETERMINES HOW THEY SHOULD BE OPTIMIZED. THE THIRD TASK MODIFIES EXISTING SINGLE LAYER ARMOR DEFORMATION MODELS AND THROUGH DISPLACEMENT COMPATIBILITY CONDITIONS INTEGRATES THE MODELS FOR MULTILAYER ASSEMBLIES. THE FOURTH TASK DEVELOPS CASULTY MODELS FOR PENETRATING WOUNDS AND BLUNT TRAUMA. THE FIFTH TASK ASSEMBLIES A WOUNDING DATA BASE AND DATABASE OF ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS. THE SIXTH TASK DEVELOPS STOCHASTIC MODELS THAT ACCOUNT FOR THE PROBABILITY OF SERIOUS INJURY WEIGHTED AGAINST THE LIKELIHOOD OF CRITICAL BODY PART EXPOSURE AS WELL AS THE VARIATION IN THE MATERIAL PROPERTIES BEING USED AND INTRINSIC DATA SCATTER. THE SEVENTH TASK IS CONCERNED WITH CONTRACT DELIVERABLES.