Pass 2006: Blast Threats and Protection Damage Caused by Soil Debris Ejected from Buried Anti-personnel Mines
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Many traumatic upper body injuries to deminers are caused by debris generated by anti-personnel (AP) blast mines. This study better characterizes the soil ejecta threat from buried anti-personnel mines and provides an improved evaluation of light upper body protection systems by relating the threat to resultant damage to soft tissue simulants. For each tested soil type, ejecta characterization parameters include particle size distributions and velocities. Soft tissue simulant test results are presented.
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