Blast Performance of Commercially Available Demining Footwear: A Summary of Experimental Trials on Surrogate Legs

Abstract

This report describes tests of protective footwear (i.e. mine boots) against anti personnel blast mines. The objective of this study is to compare the performance of eight different boots looking at several parameters using two types of surrogate legs, i.e. the Frangible Surrogate Lower Limb (FSLL) and the Canadian Lower Leg (CLL). Analyses of the surrogate legs have been conducted by means of autopsy by a surgeon in the Dutch Armed Forces. Force and displacement measurements were taken for a better understanding of the phenomena. It was found that none of the footwear tested, except one, could prevent amputation of the lower leg for charge sizes of either 25, 50 or 75 grams. The results agree with findings in literature. The CLL and FSLL tests showed similar results, although it should be mentioned that the CLL is more practical in use.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA494132

Entities

People

  • Kol M. Luiting
  • M. H. Dijkstra
  • M. J. Van Der Horst
  • R. M. Van De Kasteele

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Bone Fractures
  • Debridement
  • Explosives
  • Foot
  • Foot Bones
  • Injury Prevention
  • Joints (Anatomy)
  • Leg Bones
  • Leg Injuries
  • Lower Extremity
  • Lower Limb Amputations
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Traumatic Amputation
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Materials Science
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense