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An Advanced Flame Test Manikin

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00189-12-P-Z002
Agency Tracking Number: N112-143-0008
Amount: $79,948.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N112-143
Solicitation Number: 2011.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2011
Award Year: 2012
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2011-10-17
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
P.O. Box 71
Hanover, NH -
United States
DUNS: 072021041
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 James Barry
 President
 (603) 643-3800
 contractsmgr@creare.com
Business Contact
 Robert Kline-Schoder
Title: Principal Engineer
Phone: (603) 643-3800
Email: rjk@creare.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

Instrumented manikins are used to assess the risks of burn injuries and evaluate the ability of clothing and other protective equipment to mitigate the injury potential during compartment or flash fires or other thermal threats. Recent data indicate that fabric stresses due to body motion are important in determining whether the clothing will break open and expose the skin to significant burn injury, but existing manikins cannot provide the required body motion to induce these stresses. The proposed project will develop an advanced articulating manikin that will provide for body motions and provide other improvements that will aid in accurately and efficiently conducting high heat flux testing of protective ensembles. Phase I will demonstrate the feasibility of the technical approach, and Phase II will result in a complete manikin system.

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