Active blast protection systems...

摘要

Not long after the IED threat developed in Iraq, Advanced Blast and Ballistic Systems Ltd. started to investigate the mechanism of the blast event itself, and the principles required of an active system designed to counteract the effects of under-belly mine blasts. High-speed video of a blast test on a light armoured vehicle showed that there is about a 10 millisecond time window before the whole vehicle begins to move globally, during which time a counter-action to a mine blast can be initiated to mitigate the resulting global acceleration.