Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computation for Design and Optimization Program, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-72). / This thesis is concerned with the study of blast effects on vehicular structures. The specific
problem of a point source blast originating under the vehicle hull is considered, and its
impact on the solid body is measured in terms of the total impulse acting on the vehicle.
Simplified two-dimensional and three-dimensional computational models are developed to simulate this problem, and the effect of vehicle hull shape on the net impulse loading on
the vehicle is analyzed over varying initial blast intensities. Blast mitigation strategies are
proposed to minimize blast impact by identifying optimal shapes for the vehicle hull for
which net impulse acting on the vehicle is minimized. / by Ganesh Gurumurthy. / S.M.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/45759 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Gurumurthy, Ganesh |
| Contributors | Raúl Radovitzky., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computation for Design and Optimization Program., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computation for Design and Optimization Program. |
| Publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | M.I.T. Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 72 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission., http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 |
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