Space Frame May Improve Vehicle Blast Protection
Credit: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE
One idea for protecting light armored vehicles from roadside bombs comes from the Georgia Tech Research Institute, which designed a vehicle with a welded space frame and detachable V-shaped wedge underbody. The Ultra II was engineered from the crew compartment out. “We built a bubble of force...
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