Influence of armoured vehicles bottom shape on the pressure impulse

This paper presents the results of a numerical analysis of military vehicles hulls mine resistance. The research concerns armours loaded with blast wave from large IED charges in three cases. First is an explosion in Euler domain without any boundary conditions. Second consists of Euler domain with flat bottom and the ground. Third is simulated Euler domain with ground and deflector. Boundary conditions used both in second and third case resulted in growth of the pressure impulse due to the reflection from a rigid obstacle. In the article different hull bottom shapes are compared. The gap between the bottom and the ground is fixed in all cases. Explosion in Euler domain without limitations is added as a reference. The blast wave caused by the detonation (simulated as a point detonation) propagated in cubic mesh with appropriate boundary conditions. Theoretical solution of spherical non-linearity is given in a form of Taylor equations. It was used to verify the numerical model. The research showed that the ground proximity affects the results of the simulation. The pressure impulse is amplified due to the wave reflection from both the bottom of the vehicle and the ground. As well as that, the study confirmed that the usage of the deflector considerably reduces the impact load to the structure.