Development of New Protective Solutions to Counter Emerging and Adaptive Threats

Abstract

As a part of its Survivability and Protective Structures research area, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is conducting several parallel research initiatives focused on the development of new protective capabilities which meet warfighter operational constraints and provide protection from emerging and increasingly severe threats. Utilizing a combination of micro and macroscale material research, advanced computational methods, and physical experimentation to validate protective structural systems, ERDC is providing advanced solutions to warfighter needs. This paper presents ERDC's research efforts in multiscale material development and characterization, advanced computational methods for high deformation/ high-strain rate events, and lightweight, low logistics protective structural systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA504176

Entities

People

  • James L. Davis
  • Michael J. Roth
  • Nicholas R. Boone
  • Pamela G. Kinnebrew
  • Todd S. Rushing

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Materials
  • Civil Engineering
  • Compressive Strength
  • Computational Science
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Force Protection
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Multiscale Modeling
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Strain Rate
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.