Analysis of Mine Impulse Data Using Stereo-Digital Image Correlation

Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other traditional under-body blast weapons are a significant threat to military ground vehicle systems. Engineers and scientists attempting to analyze the effects of under-body blast events have an array of commercial and internally developed tools at their disposal, each with its own set of limitations. Finite element (FE) models offer the capability to evaluate the entire event sequence from the detonation of the buried explosive to the response of the occupant. However, FE models for full system-level mine events require significant time for input preparation, debugging, and computation.