title: Minimisation of the explosion shock wave load onto the occupants inside the vehicle during trinitrotoluene charge blast.
abstract: The aim of this study was to elaborate identification method of crew overload as a result of trinitrotoluene charge explosion under the military wheeled vehicle. During the study, an experimental military ground research was carried out. The aim of this research was to verify the mine blast resistance of the prototype wheeled vehicle according to STANG 4569 as well as the anti-explosive seat. Within the work, the original methodology was elaborated along with a prototype research statement. This article presents some results of the experimental research, thanks to which there is a possibility to estimate the crew's lives being endangered in an explosion through the measurement of acceleration as well as the pressure on the chest, head and internal organs. On the basis of our acceleration results, both effectiveness and infallibility of crew protective elements along with a blast mitigation seat were verified.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics , Silesian University of Technology , Gliwice , Poland.
authors.forename: Edyta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Krzystała
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics , Silesian University of Technology , Gliwice , Poland.
authors.forename: Arkadiusz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mężyk
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics , Silesian University of Technology , Gliwice , Poland.
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kciuk
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration / Q000009:adverse effects; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005107:Explosions; D053834:Explosive Agents; D005528:Foot; D006257:Head; D006801:Humans; D008348:Manikins; D008889:Military Personnel; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D010388:Pelvis; D011044:Poland; D011312:Pressure / Q000009:adverse effects; D011482:Protective Devices; D013909:Thorax; D014303:Trinitrotoluene
chemical_list: D053834:Explosive Agents; D014303:Trinitrotoluene
keywords: anti-explosive seats; military ground research; occupant injury as a result of shock wave load; protection of a military vehicle crew