Griffin 2.0 - Development and Evaluation of an Occupant Protection Platform with Active-Blast Mitigation and Crew Floor Isolation

Abstract

The Griffin 2.0 is a concept demonstrator that leveraged the structural design-for-blast methodologies, an Active Blast Mitigation System (ABMS), and a decoupled flooring system to demonstrate occupant survivability at large charge sizes. During a six month period, the team directed by TARDEC Ground Systems Survivability designed, fabricated, and evaluated three full scale demonstrators at elevated charge sizes. These tests included a baseline shot without countermeasures and two shots with counter measures, one at 150% MRAP Objective and one at 200% MRAP Objective. All tests were fully instrumented including ATDs and high speed video. The development process, test results, and recommended next steps will be presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 15, 2016
Accession Number
AD1049083

Entities

People

  • Matthew Withun
  • Patrick R Griffin

Organizations

  • United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Loads
  • Chassis
  • Countermeasures
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Hand Grenades
  • Lower Extremity
  • Platforms
  • Spine
  • Survivability
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Threats
  • Vehicles

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