Impulse mitigation systems for media impacts and related methods thereof
AssigneeUniversity of Virginia Patent Foundation
InventorsHaydn N. G. Wadley, Vikram Deshpande
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Abstract
An impulse mitigation system configured to mitigate blast impulse directed to a surface (or structure or target). The system includes a substrate in communication with the surface (or structure or target), wherein the substrate is configured to receive an impulse directed to the surface (or structure or target) and then relocate from the surface (or structure or target) in response to received impulse.
Claims15
An impulse mitigation system of a V-hull structure configured to mitigate a blast impulse from a blast impulse source directed to a left surface and right surface of the V-hull structure from the exterior, wherein said system comprises:
- a left side sliding substrate and right side sliding substrate that are in communication and parallel with the left side V-hull structure surface and right side V-hull structure surface, respectively, wherein said left sliding substrate and right side sliding substrate are configured to receive the blast impulse from the exterior directed to the left side V-hull structure surface and right side V-hull structure surface and to relocate from the left side sliding substrate and right side sliding substrate in response to the received blast impulse;
- wherein said communication includes the left sliding substrate and right side sliding substrate being slidably detachable with the left side V-hull structure surface and right side V-hull structure surface, respectively;
- wherein the relocation of the entire left side sliding substrate and entire right side sliding substrate are in a direction parallel to the left side V-hull structure surface and right side V-hull structure surface, respectively;
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- wherein the relocation of said left side sliding substrate and right side sliding substrate includes:
- sliding along the left side V-hull structure surface and right side V-hull structure surface, respectively, away from the blast impulse source, and
- sliding away from one another so as separate and detach from the left side V-hull structure surface and right side V-hull structure surface, respectively.
A method of making an impulse mitigation system of a V-hull structure configured to mitigate a blast impulse from a blast impulse source directed to a left surface and right surface of the V-hull structure from the exterior, wherein said method comprises:
- providing a left sliding substrate and right sliding substrate that are in communication and parallel with the left V-hull structure surface and right V-hull structure surface, respectively, and wherein said communication includes the left sliding substrate and right side sliding substrate being slidably detachable with the left side V-hull structure surface and right side V-hull structure surface, respectively;
- configuring said left side sliding substrate and right side sliding substrate for receiving an impulse from the exterior directed to the left side V-hull structure surface and right side V-hull structure surface;
- configuring said left side sliding substrate and right side sliding substrate to relocate from the left V-hull structure surface and right V-hull structure surface upon receipt of the directed impulse;
- wherein the relocation of the entire left side sliding substrate and right side sliding substrate is in a direction parallel to the structure surface;
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- wherein the relocation of said left side sliding substrate and right side sliding substrate includes:
- sliding along the left side V-hull structure surface and right side V-hull structure, respectively, away from the blast impulse source, and
- sliding away from one another so as separate and detach from the left side V-hull structure surface and right side V-hull structure surface, respectively.
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