Reusable Material for Drop Tower

Abstract

The Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) develops, integrates and sustains technology solutions for all manned and unmanned Department of Defense (DoD) Ground Systems and Combat Support Systems to improve Force effectiveness and provide superior capabilities for the Future. The Ground Systems Survivability (GSS) Blast Mitigation Team (BMT) requires capabilities to evaluate, optimize, and integrate occupant protection systems into current and future Army ground vehicles that mitigate injury due to blast and crash events. The use of the drop tower helps in these endeavors and is an integral part of replicating and evaluating those events. Problem Topic: Currently, commercially available reusable energy absorbing material is not available for use with the drop tower at TARDEC.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA578707

Entities

People

  • Holly Clendening

Organizations

  • United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Cell Size
  • Computers
  • Costs
  • Data Acquisition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Drop Tests
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Rubber
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs