TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Experimental and numerical analysis of occupant safety in blast mine loading under vehicles
JO  - Proceedings of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury conference
A1  - van der Horst, Marike J.
A1  - Leerdam, Piet-Jan C.
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VL  - 30
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N2  - Personnel safety is crucial in (military) operations where mines pose a threat. In peacekeeping and peace-enforcing operations occupant safety has the highest priority. In the past years, the TNO Defence Research Organisation participated in projects for the improvement of the mine protection of several military vehicles. These vehicles included both the lightweight Aardvark mine-clearing vehicle, a mine-protected M113 armoured carrier, the 30-tons MAN truck and the heavy Leopard 2 main battle tank. In case of a mine detonation under a vehicle the shock and the (vertical) global impulse load will affect the occupants inside this vehicle. The objective is to obtain a good understanding of the process of a mine detonation under a vehicle and the effects for the occupants, and to determine ‘low level’ criteria for the high and short vertical loading conditions.
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SN  - 2235-3151
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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