SUMMARY: Developed a modeling approach to evaluate structural and occupant responses to ground vehicle underbody blasts * Fit surrogate models to reduce computational expense * Demonstrated two optimization formulations and their results * Accounted for uncertainty in charge parameters * Quantified negative correlation between vehicle mass and occupant injury probability * Added floor padding to reduce tibia impact.
Multilevel Vehicle Design: Fuel Economy, Mobility and Safety Considerations, Part B. Ground Vehicle Weight and Occupant Safety Under Blast Loading
2010
32 pages
Report
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English
Automotive engineering | 2013
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