Hypervelocity impact between fragments and explosively accelerated panels

An application of the energy partition method on the blast response of composite panels

Landmines are used in battle fields to damage military vehicles. Current vehicle applications in Out of area operations (OoA) are mainly based on steel and aluminum. These offer protection at the expenses of high weight, mobility limitations and design restrictions. A prototype of composite panel which outperforms the blast response of...

Development of a scaled vehicle underbelly blast test method

Over the last three years TNO has explored the possibilities of fiber-reinforced composites to provide vehicle underbelly protection against blast loading. This work consists of three parts: • Numerical analysis of full-scale blast loading conditions in comparison to scaled blast loading conditions. • The development of a test method suitable to...

Development of fiber-reinforced composite material for blast protection

This paper shows how standard fiber-reinforced composite materials have limited resistance against blast loading. Their relatively high brittleness in comparison to metals causes them to fail early under out-of-plane blast loading. Their failure appears to be mainly caused by exceedance of strain to failure by local bending, fully absorbing the...