Collision Protection for the Arctic Surface-Effect Vehicle

Abstract

Collision protection is studied for the Advanced Research Projects Agency, concerning the proposed Arctic surface-effect vehicle (ASEV). The approach to collision protection is presented, and various energy absorbing concepts are investigated and evaluated for their possible use in protecting the ASEV in ice-obstacle impacts. Schemes being investigated are the air bag, foam- core sandwich panels, energy-absorbing steering columns, inverting and torsional tubes, fluid dispersal shock absorbers, and tubes which buckle intextensionally in axial compression.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0758359

Entities

People

  • William E. Gilbert

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Collisions
  • Energy
  • Energy Absorbers
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Fluids
  • Geometry
  • Load Distribution
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Model Basins
  • Surface Effect Vehicles
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Structural Dynamics.