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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2009
David L. Hunn, Kennedale, TX (US);
Sang J. Lee, Coppell, TX (US);
James C. Copp, Arlington, TX (US);
David L. Hunn, Kennedale, TX (US);
Sang J. Lee, Coppell, TX (US);
James C. Copp, Arlington, TX (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Abstract
A vehicle hull includes a personnel compartment and an apparatus for inhibiting effects of an explosive blast operably associated with the personnel compartment. The apparatus is configured to redirect at least a portion of a blast wave resulting from an explosive blast. The apparatus defines a cavity in which a blast attenuator is disposed. The blast attenuator comprises a core defining a plurality of interconnecting pores defining a pore volume of the core, a shear thickening fluid disposed in the pore volume of the core, and an enclosure in which the core and the shear thickening fluid are disposed.