Citation

van der Horst MJ, Leerdam PJC. Proc. IRCOBI 2002; 30.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

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.