Using bombs to bomb-proof cars

• Autores: Paul Marks
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3153, 2017, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • When an improvised explosive device (IED) detonates under a military vehicle, it is often not the blast that kills people inside--it is the extreme acceleration. But a new vehicle design in which rocket motors fitted to the roof exert a counterforce could save lives. The idea isn't as mad as it may seem. The upward force of an IED blast can instantly catapult a vehicle many meters into the air. Although vehicle floors are strengthened to prevent debris hitting occupants, people often sustain serious or fatal internal injuries from the jarring acceleration, which causes damage to vital organs.