Capabilities

Experimental

  • Vertical drop tower (appropriate for standardized and experimental helmet testing)
  • Various helmet certification headforms (DOT, ISO, ECE) and impact anvils
  • Helmet conditioning equipment (water tank, freezer, oven)
  • Eight (8) Vicon Vero v2.2 (330 fps) cameras with (1) Vicon Vue camera
  • Two (2) AMTI BMS400600-2K force plates with modular rail system
  • Delsys 4-Sensor Trigno Research+ wireless EMG system   
  • DTS SLICE data acquisition systems
  • Anthropomorphic Test Devices (crash test dummies)
    • Hybrid III 50th percentile male (complete dummy)
    • Hybrid III 50th percentile male (partial - head/neck/torso/pelvis)
  • Custom portable, universal mini-sled impactor
    • Linear impacts
    • Vertical impacts
  • Pneumatic projectile launcher
  • Custom automotive seat stiffness testing machine
  • Mini, table-top impactor (vertical drop stand)
  • 4 Kodak EktaPro HG Imager Model 2000 high speed digital video cameras (up to 2,000 fps)
  • Faro 3D scanner

Software

  • LS-Dyna
  • Radioss
  • MADYMO
  • Hyperworks Suite
  • Solidworks
  • National Instruments Labview & DIAdem
  • SPSS Statistics
  • Autodesk Products

Additional Departmental Equipment

  • Various rapid prototyping 3D printers
  • Various universal material testing machines
  • Environmental scanning electron microscope
  • Photron FASTCAM Nova S6 high-speed video camera (monochrome)