| Sol No.: |
Navy SBIR FY2011.2 |
| Topic No.: |
N112-143 |
| Topic Title: |
An Advanced Flame Test Manikin |
| Proposal No.: |
N112-143-0008 |
| Firm: |
Creare Inc.
P.O. Box 71
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 |
| Contact: |
James Barry |
| Phone: |
(603) 643-3800 |
| Web Site: |
www.creare.com |
| 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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| Benefits: |
The manikin technology resulting from the proposed work will enable the Navy and other services to evaluate uniforms and protective equipment under realistic conditions of high heat flux and body motion to improve protection from intense heat sources such as fires and improvised explosive devices. The manikins will have non-military application for testing of firefighter and first responder clothing and equipment. |