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Testing and Development of Mitigation Systems for Tertiary Blast

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A mitigation system may provide significant protection to occupants during under-vehicle explosions; however, no clearly defined way to evaluate them before use in theatre, currently exists. This chapter reviews a number of methods that have been used previously to assess mitigation systems.

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  1. Department of Bioengineering, Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK

    Nicolas Newell MEng, PhD & Spyros Masouros PhD, DIC, CEng, MIMechE

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Correspondence to Nicolas Newell MEng, PhD .

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  1. Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

    Anthony M. J. Bull

  2. Frimley Park Foundation Trust, Frimley, Surrey, United Kingdom

    Jon Clasper

  3. The ICT Centre, Birmingham Research Park, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Peter F. Mahoney

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Newell, N., Masouros, S. (2016). Testing and Development of Mitigation Systems for Tertiary Blast. In: Bull, A., Clasper, J., Mahoney, P. (eds) Blast Injury Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21867-0_22

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