Shock Mitigation for High Speed Planing Boats

Abstract

Navy SEALs and other occupants of Naval Special Warfare planing boats are exposed to repeated and severe shock loads during high-speed impact with waves in moderate to heavy sea conditions. The shock loads produce discomfort, loss in occupant performance, and both chronic and acute injuries. The long-term goal of the task Shock Mitigation for High Speed Planing Boats is to reduce debilitating shock loads without adversely affecting boat performance, through the development of water-impact, planing boat, and human injury dynamics theory, analysis tools, shock reduction concepts, and proofs-of-concept. The research is dual-use technology development with application to other Navy and Department of Defense (DoD) small boat operations, the U.S. Coast Guard, and private-sector commercial and pleasure boat markets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA537609

Entities

People

  • Ron Peterson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Coast Guard
  • Data Processing
  • Department Of Defense
  • Drop Tests
  • Dynamic Response
  • Dynamics
  • Frequency
  • Impact Tests
  • Measurement
  • Navy
  • Seal Teams
  • Shock Mitigation
  • Surface Warfare
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.