Methodology for Establishing the Mine/IED Resistance Capacity of Vehicle Seats for Crew Protection

Abstract

Many Army ground vehicles possess Structural characteristics that aim to improve the crew survivability when engaged by mine or Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Increased ground clearance. a V-shaped underbody, or high curb weight cooperate to reduce acceleration effects to the crew. The seat, as a critical component of the overall mine blast protection solution, is often overlooked. as evident by the significant number of non-blast-resistant seats featured in army vehicles. Ten unique MRAP-1 candidate seat systems were obtained to evaluate their effectiveness at limiting vertical and lateral acceleration effects to the crew. Using vertical and horizontal shock machines and an instrumented THOR 50th percentile ATD. each seat was subjected to incremental vertical shock tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA504164

Entities

People

  • A. Frydman
  • J. Nesta
  • R. G. Kargus
  • T. H. Li

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Armor Plate
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Drop Tests
  • Dynamic Response
  • Explosive Devices
  • Field Tests
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Human Body
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Military Research
  • Resistance
  • Shock
  • Shock Tests
  • Spine
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.