RESEARCH PAPER
Numerical Analysis of the Risk of Neck Injuries Caused By IED Explosion under the Vehicle in Military Environments
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Zielona Góra, ul. Licealna 9, 65-417 Zielona Góra, Poland
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanics and Applied Computer Science, Military University of Technology, ul. Gen. S. Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warszawa, Poland
Submission date: 2015-11-11
Acceptance date: 2016-11-16
Online publication date: 2016-12-28
Publication date: 2016-12-01
Acta Mechanica et Automatica 2016;10(4):258-264
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ABSTRACT
As a result of an explosion under a military vehicle, the risk of threat to life and health of the crew increases. Examination of this event in terms of the security of soldiers comes down to a complex analysis of the mutual interaction of the body of a soldier, seating and structural elements of the vehicle. As a result, shock wave impacts can cause tremor resulting from the construction of the vehicle and acceleration of the passenger's body. This study attempts to analyze the impact of an explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) under the military vehicle with the risk of cervical spine injuries of soldiers. The analysis was carried out using numerical methods in the LS-DYNA program and was carried out taking into account the variable displacement values and acceleration recorded during the\ explosion. The study used a model of the body of a soldier in the form of a Hybrid III 50th Male Dummy.
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