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Appendix D: Test Range Description and the Ballistic Testing Process
Pages 124-131

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... test protocol, the test range is set up in accordance with a variety of ATC Test Operating Procedures; see Table 1 in the DOT&E FAT and LAT protocols (DOT&E, 2010, FIGURE D-1b Typical test range at set-up for helmet V0 testing.
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From page 125...
... Current protocol also tests the V50 ballistic limit using a series of 6 to 14 shots to the five regions of the helmet at varying velocities per MIL-STD-622F (DoD, FIGURE D-3 Packing the headform with clay and shaping the clay. SOURCE: Kyle Markwardt, Test Officer, Aberdeen Test Center, "Helmet IOP PED-003 Briefing to NRC Helmet Protocols Committee," presentation to the committee on March 22, 2013.
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From page 126...
... Army Aberdeen Test Center headform with clay. SOURCE: Kyle Markwardt, Test Officer, Aberdeen Test Center, "Helmet IOP PED-003 Briefing to NRC Helmet Protocols Committee," presentation to the committee on March 22, 2013.
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... SOURCE: Kyle Markwardt, Test Officer, Aberdeen Test Center, "Helmet IOP PED-003 Briefing to NRC Helmet Protocols Committee," presentation to the committee on March 22, 2013. Figure E-8
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... SOURCE: Kyle Markwardt, Test Officer, Aberdeen Test Center, "Helmet IOP PED-003 Briefing to NRC Helmet Protocols Committee," presentation to the committee on March 22, 2013. Figure E-10
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... SOURCE: Janice Hester, Research Figure E-12 Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analysis, "DOT&E Helmet Test Protocols Overview: Statistical Considerations and Concerns," FIGURE D-13 Faro® scanning laser instrument laser scan arm. presentation to the committee on January 25, 2013.
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... . 1Kyle Markwardt, Test Officer, Aberdeen Test Center, "Helmet IOP PED-003 Briefing to NRC Helmet Protocols Committee," presentation to FIGURE D-15 Clay calibration test rig.
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... Using FARO Quantum Laser Scan Arm and Geomagic Qualify for Helmets) , and ATC-MMTB-IOP-004 (Ball Bar Laser Scanning, Rev.
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