Abstract. Damage of vehicles caused by anti-tank mines is mostly credited
to the transferred shock waves. The author subdivides the blast
load into a close-field effect with the bulge in the
belly plate and the global effect which accelerates the total
vehicle with enormous force (magnitudes) and leads to damage on
separated masses. These results are based on the described tests
concerning the bulging acceleration in small scaled distances and the
measured global impulses of mines lying on the ground, level
to the ground, and buried 100 mm deep. The magnitudes
of loads exerted by the shock waves and by the
acceleration are discussed in detail.
Related topics:
armour, firepower and protection
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