Abstract
This chapter is designed to provide an overview of mines used in warfare, their influence on the design of military vehicles, the use of composite materials to improve the design of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) and the research being undertaken to assess the performance of composite materials exposed to mine blast. A description of two research programmes, ACAVP (Advanced Composite Armoured Vehicle Platform) and CAFV (Carbon Armoured Fighting Vehicle), for evaluation of composites for military vehicles, is provided, together with details of the modelling approaches that can be used to design vehicles to better withstand the mine blast threat.
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