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Blast Quantification Using Hopkinson Pressure Bars
Published on: July 5, 2016
Minimisation of the explosion shock wave load onto the occupants inside the vehicle during trinitrotoluene charge
Edyta Krzystała1, Arkadiusz Mężyk1, Sławomir Kciuk1
1a Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics , Silesian University of Technology , Gliwice , Poland.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to elaborate identification method of crew overload as a result of trinitrotoluene charge explosion under the military wheeled vehicle. During the study, an experimental military ground research was carried out. The aim of this research was to verify the mine blast resistance of the prototype wheeled vehicle according to STANG 4569 as well as the anti-explosive seat. Within the work, the original methodology was elaborated along with a prototype research statement. This article presents some results of the experimental research, thanks to which there is a possibility to estimate the crew's lives being endangered in an explosion through the measurement of acceleration as well as the pressure on the chest, head and internal organs. On the basis of our acceleration results, both effectiveness and infallibility of crew protective elements along with a blast mitigation seat were verified.
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