NL research program on protection of field structures against the effects of enhanced blast weapons
conference paper
It is acknowledged that blast weapon technology is proliferating and that troops during missions out-of-area are vulnerable for resulting enhanced blast and thermal effects. Therefore, the Netherlands Ministry of Defence has tasked TNO Defence, Security and Safety to define and conduct a four year research program on protection of field structures against the effects of enhanced blast weapons (EBW). This NL research program is strongly related to the four year Canadian Technology Demonstration Program on “Force protection against enhanced blast” [1]. Based on Implementing Arrangement number 22 to the MoU between Canada and The Netherlands [2]. DRDC Suffield and TNO Defence, Security and Safety are sharing and exchanging theoretical and experimental data to develop models to assess structure vulnerability and to define structure countermeasures. This paper describes the NL research program goals, -approach and -deliverables including some preliminary results. A more detailed overview of the results so far is given in the companion paper presented by Rhijnsburger [3].
TNO Identifier
183079
Source title
32nd DoD Explosives Safety Seminar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 22-24 August 2006
Collation
10 p.
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