Occupant safety:​ mine detonation under vehicles a numerical lower leg injury assessment

Geurts, Joris; van der Horst, Marike; Leerdam, Piet-Jan; Bir, Cynthia; van Dommelen, Hans; Wismans, Jac

Affiliations

¹University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands

²TNO Defence, Security and Safety, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

³Wayne State University, MI, Detroit, USA

Abstract and keywords

In case of a mine detonation under a vehicle the vertical impulse load will affect the occupants and especially their lower extremities. The MADYMO Human Body Model with facet leg (HBM) shows good potential for studying the leg loads. The goal is to develop a numerical injury assessment for the lower leg when subjected to a mine detonation under a vehicle. The bare footed model is validated according to recent PMHS test data. A shoe model is created for future more realistic applications. The injury assessment capabilities of the HBM and the Hybrid III numerical model are compared.

Keywords: PMHS; Human Body Model; Legs; Occupants; Vehicle Mine Protection

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