PMHS TESTING

BIOMECHANICS & PMHS TESTING

UNDERSTANDING INJURY RESPONSES AND TOLERANCES

The Challenge:

• Measuring human response from traumatic injuries including blunt, penetrating and blast events
• Data to develop validated computational models for crashworthiness research, safety engineering and new protective devices including seat belts, air bags and child safety seats
• PMHS (post mortem human subject) biomechanics data is critical for the development of new anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs), including the U.S. Army WIAMan blast test dummy and the THOR automotive frontal impact crash dummy

The Solution:

• Rugged, miniature DTS data acquisition systems and sensors designed to embed in test article
• Sensor ranges specifically for human response data
• Sealed sensors ideal for cadaveric testing
• Continued independent and collaborative research with academia, government & industry partners
• WIAMan research data resulted in the first vertical load ATD with in-dummy DAS, Finite Element Models, an extensive software-based injury library and new validated analysis techniques
• DTS is a trusted complete solution provider and expert in injury biomechanics