21-05-2015, 07:31
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The Camel-גישה חדשה למבנה כלי רכב.
Future MREs and Safer Vehicles Stand Out at Pentagon’s First Lab Day
By Richard Sisk | Friday, May 15th, 2015
Among the exhibits was the Army’s CAMEL — or Concept for Advanced Military Explosion-Mitigating Land demonstrator — the largest vehicle on display.
The hulking vehicle mockup meant to test safety advances and blast protection in future Army vehicles featured a radical change in design concept, said Dr. Mary Williams, a special assistant to Alan Shaffer, the assistant secretary of Defense for Research.
“We thought what if we turned (military vehicle) design on its head and started with the human and designed out from there,” Williams said.
The result was that the CAMEL was “designed around the occupant, not around the mission,” said Joseph Kott III, the project leader on blast mitigation at Army TARDEC (Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center).
The CAMEL on display featured an improved V-hull design over the current ones on the MRAP (Mine Resistant-Ambush Protected) to deflect the blast energy of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that were the major cause of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In addition, the CAMEL also had an enlarged cabin and form-fitting seats that could slide up to absorb the force of a blast. The floor of the cabin was not welded to the sides and could also slide up and ease the blow of the slam-down as the vehicle settled back on the road.
“Everything is about the vehicle absorbing the force of the blast to save the occupants,” said Williams.
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