Vehicle Impact – Protective Elements Research (VIPER)

Vehicle attacks on civilian or military targets in recent years have shown that vehicles are increasingly being used as weapons. The prevailing hazard requires structural protective measures that protect people in sensitive areas. The passive protective elements can either be permanently installed at the place of use or set up mobile if necessary.

On behalf of the military technical service center for protection and special technology (WTD52), the research group BauProtect not only creates a worldwide overview of the protective elements used in the study contract VIPER, but also deals with the current certification procedures. It is determined under which conditions analytical and numerical methods can contribute to the development and certification of the protective elements. The mechanical modeling of the vehicle and the protective elements plays an important role here, in order to simulate an impact process that is as realistic as possible.

Funded by: Wehrtechnische Dienststelle für Schutz- und Sondertechnik (Defense Technical Service for Protection and Special Technology) (WTD52)