Mine protection for vehicles - final report 2005-2007
Publish date: 2008-02-18
Report number: FOI-R--2367--SE
Pages: 32
Written in: Swedish
Keywords:
- mine
- vehicle
- blast effect
- penetration
- mine test rig
- surrogate mine
Abstract
This report yields a short presentation of the activities within the Swedish Armed Forces' (FM) project "Protection of vehicles against Mines" during the years 2005 - 2007. The report contains summarizing conclusions and also surveys achieved results. More detailed information is found in previously published reports and memos. The primary goal for the project has been to establish competence about consequences of pressure acting and penetrating vehicle mines, and about protection mechanisms against bottom acting mines. With this established competence FOI is expected to be able to assist the FM with knowledge concerning function of, protection against, development of and effects from mines. Another task is to assist the Swedish Defense Material Administration (FMV) and Swedish industry with experiments, simulations and analyses of mine effects. The probably most important task is to be able to rapidly provide objective assessment of effects from new types of mines, especially against FM vehicles and their protection. Within the project two rather extensive literature reviews have been carried out, concerning pressure acting mines and a survey of existing threats from mines. One goal with the survey was to try to define typical threats, among other things to be able to develop representative surrogate mines, particularly of penetrating kind, for experimental activities. The work to produce a safely functioning, projectile producing surrogate mine started 2006 and was terminated 2007. In order to carry on research in the mine area it is necessary to have access to experimental facilities. For this reason extensive work to produce a test rig for mines started 2005 and was finished during 2007. The resources that have been established during the project, primarily experimental facilities (test rig and surrogate charges) and simulation competence, have been used in several studies concerning mine effects and mine protection. Different principles of effect and protection have been investigated in collaboration with BAE Systems Hägglunds AB and have, among other things, concerned energy accumulation with plates and panels (twin shell structures) as well as a study of effects from pressure acting surrogate mines under different circumstances in the ground.