Blast mitigation strategies for vehicles using shape optimization methods
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Author(s)
Gurumurthy, Ganesh
Advisor(s)
Raúl Radovitzky.
Date Issued
2008
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This thesis is concerned with the study of blast effects on vehicular structures. The specific
problem of a point source blast originating under the vehicle hull is considered, and its
impact on the solid body is measured in terms of the total impulse acting on the vehicle.
Simplified two-dimensional and three-dimensional computational models are developed to simulate this problem, and the effect of vehicle hull shape on the net impulse loading on
the vehicle is analyzed over varying initial blast intensities. Blast mitigation strategies are
proposed to minimize blast impact by identifying optimal shapes for the vehicle hull for
which net impulse acting on the vehicle is minimized.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computation for Design and Optimization Program, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-72).
Subjects
Computation for Design and Optimization Program.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computation for Design and Optimization Program
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