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Countermeasures design and analysis for occupant survivability of an armored vehicle subjected to blast load
Pratomo A.N.a, Santosa S.P.a, Gunawan L.a, Putra I.S.a
a Lightweight Structures Research Group, Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]© 2020, The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.The demand for blastworthy structures increases due to a large number of casualties in the armored vehicle undergoing improvised explosive device (IED) and landmine attacks. In this research, the numerical studies on the countermeasure analysis to reduce injury biomechanics risk were conducted. The available experiment data of occupant survivability test on a medium size tank was used to validate the numerical model. The subsystem evaluation in this study included the finite element modeling of military personnel, seat system, surrounding interior system, seatbelt, and restraint system with four running conditions. The military personnel inside the armored vehicle was modeled by using Hybrid III 50th percentile anthropomorphic test device (ATD) and its biomechanical response was monitored on the head, neck, thorax, spine, femur, and tibia. The load case for this study referred to NATO STANAG 4569 level 3b with 8 kg TNT explosive load underbelly. The injury assessment reference values (IARV) for the regulation used in this study were based on AEP-55 volume 2. Based on this study, the critical injuries identified on the head injury, neck compression, and tibia axial load. The solid frame as part of seat structure appeared to contribute to an excessive kinematic on the lower extremities. The vehicle acceleration resulted from the load blast was directly transmitted to the lower extremities, resulting in unintended kinematic and interaction on the passenger body. The proposed solutions were to introduce a flexible mounting for the seat system and as well increasing the height of the footrest to avoid direct transmission of vehicle acceleration. The modified countermeasure design reduced significantly head, neck, and tibia injury criteria more than 90 % from the baseline design (existing design). The new anti-mine seat design successfully passed all the standard regulation thresholds of injury criteria.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Anthropomorphic test devices,Biomechanical response,Countermeasure analysis,Design and analysis,Improvised explosive devices,Injury biomechanics,Military personnels,Vehicle acceleration[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Armored vehicle,Blastworthy structure,Countermeasure design,Injury biomechanics,Occupant survivability[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]This collaborative research is jointly conducted by Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) and PT PINDAD. The authors would like to thank LPDP RISPRO Program for funding support under grant number PRJ-634/LPDP/2016, and PT PINDAD for its continuous support. We would like to thank the Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education for providing partial funding under WCU Program managed by ITB, and for providing scholarship and research assistantship under Master-Doctor Scholarship Program (PMDSU). Thanks are due to LSTC for the courtesy of the academic license of LSDYNA to Lightweight Structure Research Group ITB.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-020-0411-1[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]