Injury analysis using Anthropomorphic Test Device under vertical shock loads

  • A. Prasanna Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, Bengaluru -560 093, India
  • G. K. Kannan Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, Bengaluru -560 093, India
  • N. Mohan Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, Bengaluru -560 093, India
  • Shivaraj Yaranal Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, Bengaluru -560 093, India
  • Kartik S. Patil Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, Bengaluru -560 093, India
  • Vikash Kumar Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, Bengaluru -560 093, India

Abstract

Natural and manmade injuries due to terrorism, military weapon and accidents lead to cutting edge research for engineers and clinicians alike. The study of injury and its mechanism can help in predicting the severity of an injury which in turn shall guide the engineers to design safer structures and medical specialists in treating casualties. This article summarizes the various advancements and technologies available in the field of Injury Analysis. The objective of the study is to quantify the levels of an injury which occurs when an Anthropomorphic Test Device is subjected to a given vertical impact load. As a baseline a half sine shock test simulating the vertical impact was carried out on Hybrid III 50th percentile male dummy and injury analysis was done based on the standards prescribed by NATO TR-HFM-090. In the present test the injury analysis predicts that the injury during the loading is well within 10% probability of an AIS 2 or greater (AIS 2+).

Author Biographies

A. Prasanna, Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, Bengaluru -560 093, India
Mr A. Prasanna has completed his BTech (Mechanical Engineering)
and currently working as Scientist ‘C’ at Defence Bioengineering &
Electro-medical Laboratory, Bengaluru. His areas of research interest
are design and development of aeromedical life support systems and
injury biomechanics under blast scenarios.
G. K. Kannan, Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, Bengaluru -560 093, India
Dr G.K. Kannan has completed his PhD in Environmental Science
and currently working as Scientist ‘F’ at Defence Bioengineering
& Electro-medical Laboratory, Bengaluru. He has been working in
the area of air quality and emission monitoring, and environmental
impact assessment and development of explosive vapour detection.
His current research includes filter development and evaluation. His
areas of research interest are injury analysis, environmental impact assessment and pollution monitoring.
N. Mohan, Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, Bengaluru -560 093, India
Dr N. Mohan has completed his PhD in Environmental Science
and currently working as Scientist ‘E’ at Defence Bioengineering &
Electro-medical Laboratory, Bengaluru. His areas of research interest
are modelling and simulation of blast analysis and emissions of closed
rooms, developing transducers for sensing applications.
Shivaraj Yaranal, Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, Bengaluru -560 093, India
Mr ShivarajYaranal has completed his MTech (Machine Design)
and currently working as FEA engineer at Defence Bioengineering &
Electro-medical Laboratory, Bengaluru. His areas of research interest
are FEM, occupant safety simulations, dummy/ human body models,
biomechanics and injury criteria, FE based simulation of blast, design
and analysis of structures.
Kartik S. Patil, Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, Bengaluru -560 093, India
Mr Kartik S. Patilhas completed his MTech (Machine Design) and
currently working as FEA engineer at Defence Bioengineering &
Electro-medical Laboratory, Bengaluru. His areas of research interest
are FEM, occupant safety simulations, dummy/ human body models,
biomechanics and injury criteria, FE based simulation of blast, design
& analysis of structures.
Vikash Kumar, Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory, Bengaluru -560 093, India
Mr Vikash Kumar has completed his BTech (Electronics and
Communications) and currently working as Scientist ‘D’ at Defence
Bioengineering & Electro-medical Laboratory, Bengaluru. His areas
of research interest are instrumentation of anthropomorphic test
devices (ATD), Blast injury analysis using ATD and electro-acoustic
device characterisation for aviation helmets and masks
Published
2017-11-10
How to Cite
Prasanna, A., Kannan, G., Mohan, N., Yaranal, S., Patil, K., & Kumar, V. (2017). Injury analysis using Anthropomorphic Test Device under vertical shock loads. Defence Life Science Journal, 2(4), 385-390. https://doi.org/10.14429/dlsj.2.12276