Anthropometry is a science used to measure the part of the human body. This science is closely related in everyday life. This is because the science of anthropometry is often used in the manufacture of goods, products, and daily human activities. The application of anthropometric science is also related to the military field. One of them is in the design of bulletproof vests worn by military soldiers on the battlefield. How is the application of anthropometric science in the design of bulletproof vests? Check it out in this short review.
About Bulletproof Vests
Bulletproof vests or in English called body armor, personal armor, or bulletproof-vest are equipment or clothing to protect the body from interference or dangerous threats from the risk of being hit by gunfire. These bulletproof vests are usually used by military soldiers to protect body parts from attacks or bullet fire from opponents. The purpose of wearing this bulletproof vest is as follows:
- Protecting yourself from ballistic threats
- Protect yourself from the threat of punctures and gunfire
- Protecting yourself from the threat of explosions
- Protect yourself from dangerous environmental threats
- Can minimize costs
The use of this bulletproof vest actually serves to protect vital body organs, especially the chest cavity to avoid injury or severe injury. One of the attributes present in the bulletproof vest is the panel armor. This attribute has the power to resist attacks. As for inside the penel placed balistic panels or collections of bulletproof fabrics.
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The bulletproof vest consists of a front panel that is placed on the thorax area to the user’s abdomen. Meanwhile, the back panel is placed in the back area. Then, the vest carrier serves as a place for the panel armor to connect between the two panels and their supporting components. This panel can be placed from the time the production vest is permanently or can also be removed.
In the event of an attack from an opponent with bullet fire, the fabric fiber nets of the vest on the ballistic panel can absorb and withstand the impact of energy. The role of the panel on the vest is very important as a determining aspect of the quality of durability. The resistance referred to here is so that the bullet is not caught or penetrated on the body so that the bullet will be retained in the nets of this vest.
Anthropometry in Bulletproof Vest Design
The manufacture of bulletproof vests is inseparable from the role of anthropometry. Because here anthropometry plays a role in comfort in the wearing of bulletproof vests. The size of the bulletproof vest should also be adjusted between the size of the width of the chest or the part of the body that must be protected by the width of the vest.
In general, bulletproof vests have two panels, namely the front panel and the rear panel. Each of these panels has a different size. The front panel has a relatively smaller size compared to the rear panel which has a wider size.
In designing a bulletproof vest, it must meet 3 main aspects, namely innocuousness, design, and comfort. In addition, the body dimensions for designing bulletproof vests include:
- Measured body height from the tip of the head to the floor
- Waist circumference
- Abdominal circumference measured in the navel region
- Chest circumference measured from under the armpits
- The height of the front torso (torso) that is bent from the neck to the waist
- The height of the torso (torso) of the back measured from the 7th point of the vertebrate of the back neck to the waist
- The width between the chests measured from the deepest point to the two armpits
- The length between the waists measured from the waist past the shoulders to the back of the waist
- The circumference of the upper arm measured area of the upper arm
- The length of the upper arm that is bent from the end of the upper joint to the lower end of the upper arm joint
- Hip height measured from the tip of the hip to the end of the upper thigh joint
- The measured hip circumference is circular to the hip area
- Thigh height measured from the end of the upper joint to the lower end of the thigh joint
- The measured thigh circumference circles the thigh area
The Right Anthropometric Tool For Designing Bulletproof Vests
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This Portable Anthropometry can reach up to 100 measurements of the dimensions of the human body. In addition, this tool also makes it easy to measure body dimensions anywhere and anytime. Portable Anthropometry from PT Solo Abadi Indonesia is a Complete Set Series type, where the use of this tool is very easy and flexible so that it can obtain more accurate measurement data.
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