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Ascertaining Bio-Mechanical Response of Armor Materials

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Army 		Award ID:
68077 		Program Year/Program:
2004 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
A032-3858 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants Inc.
3330 Oakwell Court Suite 100 San Antonio, TX -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2004
Title: Ascertaining Bio-Mechanical Response of Armor Materials
Agency / Branch: DOD / ARMY
Contract: W911QX-04-C-0029
Award Amount: $69,994.00
 

Abstract:

This proposal describes a project to develop an integrated system to measure the energy and impulse transferred through a piece of body armor material subjected to ballistic and non-ballistic loads. The proposed system is independent of the target and body armor material and can be applied to any combination of materials deemed relevant in the future. As part of this effort, a signal conditioning and data acquisition system will be developed that will report pressure, impulse, displacement, and energy transferred to the target as a function of both time and location. In Phase I, a system will be designed, physically modeled, and tested to demonstrate the operation of the system under dynamic loading. The initial use for this system will be to test body armor systems and, using a biomechanical model currently under development, predict the injuries likely to be sustained by the wearer under a variety of attack scenarios. The final system will be commercialized for application to protective garment testing of all kinds including bulletproof vests and sports equipment, testing the response of the human body to impacts for safety and forensic projects, and characterizing the response of malleable materials to static or dynamic loads.

Principal Investigator:

Adrian Pierorazio
Senior Consultant
2108245960
AdrianP@BakerRisk.com

Business Contact:

Amanda Harris
Business Manager
2108245960
AHarris@BakerRisk.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

WILFRED BAKER ENGINEERING, INC.
3330 Oakwell Court, Suite 100 San Antonio, TX 78218

EIN/Tax ID: 742444593
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No