FEASIBILITY STUDY OF BALLISTIC CUTTING OF VEHICLE STURCTURES

THE FEASIBILITY OF USING BALLISTIC DEVICES (SHAPED CHARGES) TO CUT AUTOMOBILE STRUCTURES IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL OF INJURED AND ENTRAPPED OCCUPANTS IS DETERMINED. THE ROOF STRUCTURES OF MOST AUTOMOBILES ARE REPORTED TO BE SUFFICIENTLY SIMILAR TO ALLOW A SINGLE BALLISTIC KIT TO PROVIDE A LARGE ACCESS, OR EGRESS, AREA TO MOST TRAPPED OCCUPANTS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 19fig, 17 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Ordnance Engineering Associates

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• Authors:
  • Miller, R E
  • Woerner, P B
• Publication Date: 1969-5-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Cutting; Disasters and emergency operations; Entrapment; Explosives; Feasibility analysis; Hazards and emergency operations; Shape
• Old TRIS Terms: Ballistic cutting; Shaped charges
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220747
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 26 1970 12:00AM