A Preliminary Comparison Between TNT and PE4 Landmines

Abstract

This report details preliminary findings on the difference in explosive output between a PE4 and TNT surrogate landmine. Previous DSTO landmine vulnerability research was undertaken using PE4 surrogate landmines, however the NATO STANAG 4569 states that all testing should be undertaken using TNT filled surrogate landmines. An explosive field trial was conducted to look at the explosive performance of buried PE4 against an equivalent amount of buried TNT. The test was also modelled using the Finite Element Analysis software, LS-DYNA.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA462913

Entities

People

  • Christopher R. Anderson
  • Samuel Weckert

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Australia
  • Energy Transfer
  • Explosives
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Land Mines
  • Materials
  • Metal Plates
  • Moisture Content
  • Nato
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Prosthetics
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Tensile Strength
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Explosive Engineering.