Collision Protection for the Arctic Surface-Effect Vehicle
Collision protection is studied for the Advanced Research Projects Agency, concerning the proposed Arctic surface-effect vehicle (ASEV). The approach to collision protection is presented, and various energy absorbing concepts are investigated and evaluated for their possible use in protecting the AS...
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1973
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Online Access: | http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0758359 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0758359 |
Summary: | Collision protection is studied for the Advanced Research Projects Agency, concerning the proposed Arctic surface-effect vehicle (ASEV). The approach to collision protection is presented, and various energy absorbing concepts are investigated and evaluated for their possible use in protecting the ASEV in ice-obstacle impacts. Schemes being investigated are the air bag, foam- core sandwich panels, energy-absorbing steering columns, inverting and torsional tubes, fluid dispersal shock absorbers, and tubes which buckle intextensionally in axial compression. |
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