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Metallic Armour Materials and Structures
Published in Paul J. Hazell, Armour, 2023
The use of aluminium in domestic applications has increased dramatically since 1960 with the transport sector being the largest user. It was around the 1950s and 1960s that aluminium alloys were being used in the design of AFVs including the British combat vehicle reconnaissance (CVR) family of vehicles and the M113 APC. With the M113, the US Army wanted a lightly armoured, air-transportable, air-droppable amphibious vehicle. Aluminium-based armour seemed an appropriate route to take given the relatively low density of aluminium and the discovery that, ballistically, certain wrought alloys performed quite well.
Reducing the long term risk and enhancing the closure of tailings impoundments
Published in Jean-Pierre Tournier, Tony Bennett, Johanne Bibeau, Sustainable and Safe Dams Around the World, 2019
The Nye Tailings Impoundment contains predominately fine grained tailings consisting of fine sands, silts, and clay sized rock fragments. Site investigations were completed to investigate and characterize the tailings. Amphibious vehicle mounted equipment was used to complete site investigations over the exposed tailings surface at the southern end of the tailings impoundment. Barge mounted equipment was used to complete the site investigations at the northern area of the tailings surface which was covered by the supernatant water pond.
Drag reduction design and research of high-speed amphibious vehicle’s deformable track wheels
Published in Ships and Offshore Structures, 2023
Bolong Liu, Xiaojun Xu, Dibo Pan, Yikun Feng, Shengyang Lu
Amphibious vehicles are designed to pass through the river, sea, and coastal areas. In recent years, amphibious vehicles have been widely used in military and civilian fields (Nakisa et al. 2017). In underdeveloped and post-disaster areas, amphibious vehicles can quickly cross water barriers and carry out transport and rescue missions. On offshore, amphibious vehicles can easily transport people and materials between water and land, effectively saving transition time. The high manoeuverability and carrying capacity of the amphibious vehicle also provide effective support for offshore patrols. The high-speed amphibious vehicle (HSAV) is a kind of light multi-function unmanned vehicle with high mobility on the water. It can carry different loads when passing and working in complex waters (Pan et al. 2021).