AT mine overpass capability of ground-vehicle mine detection system

Velimir Maksimovic; Panos Tsopelas; Lawrence Makowsky; Steven S. Bishop; Peter Gugino; Carl Wiggins

doi:10.1117/12.544209

21 September 2004 AT mine overpass capability of ground-vehicle mine detection system

Velimir Maksimovic, Panos Tsopelas, Lawrence Makowsky, Steven S. Bishop, Peter Gugino, Carl Wiggins

Proceedings Volume 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.544209
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

An overpass solution for antitank pressure-fused mines was developed and demonstrated for a teleoperated, four-wheeled experimental unmanned ground vehicle hosting a mine detection system using a downlooking ground-penetrating radar. The capability to overpass pressure-activated antitank mines is one way to protect the vehicle. The requirement was to make the vehicle overpass capable by giving it an average footprint pressure of no more than 5 psi using commercially available equipment and without requiring any vehicle modification. An overpass solution was developed and demonstrated using low-pressure, minimal casing rigidity tires that produce a uniformly low ground pressure and enable the vehicle to exert less than the minimum force required to activate the large majority of pressure-fused antitank mines. Overpass requirements are discussed in terms of antitank mine threats, pressure plate size, activation forces, and ground pressure distribution uniformity. A variable-load tire footprint pressure measurement system and laboratory were developed and laboratory evaluation of a number of tire candidates was completed. Laboratory results were demonstrated through field performance demos of the selected low-pressure tire. Results present the successful overpass of various threat representative antitank mines with the pressure plate elevations/exposures at various positions relative to local grade.

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Velimir Maksimovic, Panos Tsopelas, Lawrence Makowsky, Steven S. Bishop, Peter Gugino, and Carl Wiggins "AT mine overpass capability of ground-vehicle mine detection system", Proc. SPIE 5415, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets IX, (21 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.544209

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