Numerical analyses of the V-shaped deflector effectiveness

One of the most effective ways to protect mobile objects from the effects of the pressure wave originating from the detonation of a landmine or an explosive charge is to use a special design of the bottom of the protected vehicle. Such structure, called the deflector, in most cases has the shape of the V letter. Article presents the study of effectiveness of the V-shaped deflector. Authors prepared numerical model of a ballistic pendulum consisting of the 1 meter long HEB220 H-beam, suspended using four parallel steel ropes. In the front part of the beam, deflector was mounted. The test component was loaded with pressure wave coming from the detonation of an explosive charge. The article presents an analysis of the ability of the deflector to disperse and/or absorption of energy, depending on the type of the used explosive material and its mass. Studies have been done on the basis of numerical analysis performed with use of the finite element method with explicit integration over time scheme, implemented in the LS-Dyna software. For generation of the pressure wave originating from the detonation of explosive charge ConWep algorithm was used. It uses the predefined by the user geometric and mass parameters, and TNT equivalent to the generation of a pressure pulses.