Military special vehicle multifunctional seat as an element of vehicle passive safety

Abstract

Road safety depends on the interaction in the human - vehicle - road system. The proper functioning or condition of each of these three elements is a prerequisite for ensuring the maximum possible level of safety. The most important requirement that is placed on special vehicles is to ensure crew protection during the implementation of operational tasks. Unfortunately, often when putting operational tasks overriding during designing vehicles, aspects related to driving comfort are ignored. The article presents a proposal for the description of light construction of seats for the crews of special vehicles, which, apart from the functions related to the ergonomic use of seats by the crew, in terms of safety ensure a high probability of protection of health and life of the crews during a collision or near detonation of an explosive charge. Proposed modular structure of the seats, in addition to the repeatability of elements, which reduces production costs and easy configuration of seats with various functions, will also contribute to a faster process of restoring their functionality in the event of damage. Modules should be selected and developed in such a way that they can be used in various configurations of seats, the functions of which can be determined due to: location in the vehicle, i.e. driver’s, troops, system operators’ seats, installation method, i.e. to the wall, floor, ceiling, direction assembly, i.e. side mount, rear mount, bottom mount.