- Author
- Akridge, J. M. | Freeston, W. D., Jr. | Rao, M. K. | Leverett, W. L., Jr. | McLeod, W. D. | Wulff, W.
- Title
- Development of a Test for Impact Protection. Final Report. Phase 1.
- Coporate
- Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- CONTRACT-335762
- Keywords
- impact testing
- Abstract
- An Impact Test Apparatus has been designed and testing procedures have been proposed to measure systematically on flexible, semi-rigid and rigid impact protection systems their abilities to absorb kinetic energy and to distribute peak impact pressure away from the point of impact.