Sensors in Flotation Dummies

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Sensors in Flotation Dummies

• Potentiometers at each joint.
• 5 pressure sensors at various heights on the
  chest.
• Positional 3-D gyro in the chest.
• 32 channels in female dummy.
• 28 channels in the child dummy.

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DAS System

• Powered by on-board battery.
• Can store data from all sensors at 100hz for 1
  hour.
• Software allows download of test data after
  completion of test through RS-232 port.
• DAS, connectors and all sensors are watertight.

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Child Dummy - 1

• 3-year child dummy with sensors and on-board,
  battery powered DAS.

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Child Dummy - 2

• 3-year old child thorax showing water tight
  connectors from sensors to DAS.

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Child Dummy - 3

• 3-year old child thorax box for DAS.

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Child Dummy - 4

• 3-year child CG and MoI determination using
  Tri-filar pendulum.

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Child Dummy - 5

• 3-year child dummy in water tank at GESAC.

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Female Dummy - 1

• 5th percentile female dummy showing
  instrumen-tation.

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Female Dummy - 2

• 5th percentile female dummy showing chest cavity
  for DAS.

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Female Dummy Arm - 3

• Shows potentiometer and wiring at the elbow.
  Note wire exits potentiometer to channel in flesh.

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Female Dummy DAS - 4

• Shows DAS and wiring going into chest cavity of
  5th female dummy.

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Female Swim Dummy Thorax Flesh

• Thorax flesh showing channels for sensor to DAS
  cabling.

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Integration of On-board DAS In NT Dummy

• OOPs wrong picture!

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Integration of On-board DAS In NT Head

• Figure shows arrangement of DAS components in the
  head.
• DAS components on the head-neck plate showing
  neck spring tubes.

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NT Spine with DAS Boxes - 1

• Shows the NT spine with KT MU-DAUs and 3-port
  hubs.

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NT Spine with DAS Boxes - 2

• Shows the NT spine with KT MU-DAUs and 3-port
  hubs. Shows CRUX units.

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NT Pelvis with 7-Port Hubs

• Shows the NT Pelvis with two 7-port hubs.

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NT Tibia with DAS Boxes

• Shows the NT Tibia with Mu-DAU.

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A Two Mu-DAU Box

• Shows the two Mu-DAUs that are mounted on the
  Achilles spring tube.

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NT Pelvis Flesh

• Shows wire channels and location of two 7-port
  hubs.

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NT Tibia Flesh

• Shows wire channels and location Mu-DAUs.