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Home Health Study finds unisex armor can trap more blast energy on female torsos

Study finds unisex armor can trap more blast energy on female torsos

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Researchers used free-field C4 blasts and anatomically representative male and female manikins to test how unisex SAPI body armor changes shock exposure under different blast angles. They found that while armor lowered peak pressure in both, the female torso shape created larger air gaps that trapped energy longer and increased impulse exposure, especially around the underbust region.

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