Focus Day
Please click on the links below to learn more:
- Workshop A: Function-Oriented Material Design for Army Future Ground Vehicles
- Workshop B: Lightweight and Energy Absorbing Armor Concepts for Vehicles
- Workshop C: Innovative Mine Blast / IED / Crash Energy Attenuating Seating Systems for use in Tactical and Combat Vehicles
Monday, August 18, 2008
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Workshop A: Function-Oriented Material Design for Army Future Ground Vehicles
Future vehicle platforms must achieve, simultaneously,
improved fuel economy and survivability. The ability to attain
both of these goals with existing conventional materials and
structures is severely limited. Consequently, the need exists to
have a new technology available for the design and
manufacture of new material and structural systems.
The award-winning technology, known as Function-Oriented
Material Design (FOMD), pioneered by MKP Structural Design
Associates, Inc, enables the design and manufacture of novel
and effective materials and structures that are lightweight
and are able to provide ballistic and blast protection.
This workshop presents an overview of the FOMD
methodology and its application for military and commercial
vehicle segments.
How you will benefit:
- Learn about new, award-winning technology for material and structural system design
- Learn how to adopt modularized product digitization for your business
- See how the FOMD technology has been applied for ground and aerospace vehicle platforms What will be covered:
- Introduction of Function-Oriented Material Design (FOMD) Methodology
- Application of FOMD for lightweight vehicle structures
- New lightweight composite armor concepts
- New modularized product digitization concepts
Session Leader:
Dr. Gregory M. Hulbert
Vice President, MKP Structural Design Associates, and Professor, Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan
11:15 AM - 2:15 PM Workshop B: Lightweight and Energy Absorbing Armor Concepts for Vehicles
As various threats (ballistics, IED, EFP) are experienced in
theater, mobile vehicles have become increasingly reliant on
existing steel armor and B-kit armor solutions adding weight
to solve the higher threat problem. Sooner or later a new
approach must be implemented as mobility and serviceability
of these vehicles is seriously impeded by additional weight.
This workshop will overview how new lightweight armor and
energy absorbing materials and concepts can be utilized to
create a lighter vehicle with comprehensive armor as well as
provide an improvement in blast mitigation and effects felt
by the crew in a blast event.
How you will benefit:
- Component integrators
- How to implement new armors and partial armor solutions
- Design of materials engineering for specific applications
- How energy absorption in armor is useful
- Illustrate benefits and drawbacks of lightweight armor OEM
- Next generation armor and blast mitigation concepts and ideas
What will be covered:
- Next generation armor concepts
- Nanomaterials
- Syntactic composites
- Metal matrix composites
- Intermetallics
- Structural armor vs. add on armor
- Energy absorption in blast and ballistics
- What happens in a blast or ballistic event?
- How energy absorption helps
- Material needs and challenges
- Applications and use of new and existing materials
Session Leader:
Brian Doud
Engineering Manager
Powdermet, Inc
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM Workshop C: Innovative Mine Blast / IED / Crash Energy Attenuating Seating Systems for use in Tactical and Combat Vehicles
Crew protection is central to combat mission effectiveness.
Operational data on soldier injuries/ fatalities clearly indicate the
need to enhance vehicle occupant survivability and to review
pertinent vehicle system requirements. Safe, Inc., in association
with U.S. Army TARDEC and BAE Systems, is developing
innovative seating systems for use in military vehicles to protect
occupants against mine/ IED threats as well as to improve
occupant crashworthiness and long-term seating comfort.
How you will benefit:
- Gain insight on – and provide input into – newer vehicle/ crew systems requirements
- Learn how seating systems enhance soldier survivability
- Gain insights on how to improve vehicles to become more warfighter-centric
- Generate an appreciation for how seats can improve mission effectiveness What will be covered:
- Mine blast shock crew protection & occupant crash safety
- Requirements considerations for enhanced crew protection
- Modeling & simulation of seat dynamics in crash & blast
- Review of developmental testing
- Primer on occupant restraints – lessons learned from racing industry
- Armoring considerations
Session Leaders:
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Stan Desjardins
President
Safe, Inc.
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Brian Goedken
Vice President
Safe, Inc.
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