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Hostile Vehicle Mitigation Publications General

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2025

Document Overview

Title: Vehicle SPEed Evaluation and Dynamics Assessment (V-SPEED)

Publication Year: 2025

Authors: SCHUMACHER Ralf; LARCHER Martin

Publisher: European Commission

Jrc ID: JRC141236

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2024

Document Overview

Title: Generic vehicle models for finite element numerical simulations

Publication Year: 2024

Authors: Schumacher R., Markovic D., Larcher M.

Publisher: European Commission

Jrc ID: JRC135550

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2020

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Title: Leitfaden - Auswahl geeigneter Durchfahrtssperren zum Schutz des öffentlichen Raums

Publication Year: 2020

Authors: KARLOS Vasileios; LARCHER Martin; SOLOMOS George

Publisher: European Commission

Jrc ID: JRC121843

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2019

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Title: Guideline-Solutions de barrière de sécurité pour la protection de l'espace public - Protection contre les attaques de véhicules béliers

Publication Year: 2019

Authors: KARLOS Vasileios; LARCHER Martin; SOLOMOS George;

Publisher: European Commission

Jrc ID: JRC118098

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2018

Document Overview

Title: Selecting proper security barrier solutions for public space protection - Protection against vehicle-ramming attacks

Publication Year: 2018

Authors: KARLOS Vasileios; LARCHER Martin; SOLOMOS George;

Publisher: European Commission

Jrc ID: JRC113778

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2017

Document Overview

Title: Review on vehicle barrier protection guidance

Publication Year: 2017

Authors: KARLOS Vasileios; LARCHER Martin; SOLOMOS George

Publisher: Publications Office of the European Union

Jrc ID: JRC109289

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Hostile Vehicle Mitigation Publications Scientific

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2025

Document Overview

Title: Impact load characterization for security barrier performance assessment through simulations using generic vehicle models

Publication Year: 2025

Authors: MARKOVIC Damijan; SCATTINA Alessandro; LARCHER Martin

Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.

Jrc ID: JRC137384

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2024

Document Overview

Title: Generic vehicle model N3G

Publication Year: 2024

Authors: SEBIK Marek; KODAJKOVA Zuzana

Publisher: European Commission

Jrc ID: JRC139954

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2024

Document Overview

Title: Generic vehicle models for simulating impacts on security barriers

Publication Year: 2024

Authors: MARKOVIC Damijan; SCHUMACHER Ralf; KARLOS Vasileios; LARCHER Martin;

Publisher: European Commission

Jrc ID: JRC138075

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2024

Document Overview

Title: Methodology for numerical simulations of vehicle impact on security barriers considering soil-barrier interaction

Publication Year: 2024

Authors: ANDRAE Matthias; MARKOVIC Damijan; SCHUMACHER Ralf; KARLOS Vasileios; LARCHER Martin;

Publisher: Publications Office of the European Union

Jrc ID: JRC136541

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2023

Document Overview

Title: Generic vehicle model N2A & N3D

Publication Year: 2023

Authors: SEBIK Marek; KODAJKOVA Zuzana

Publisher: European Commission

Jrc ID: JRC135531

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2023

Document Overview

Title: Generic vehicle models for simulating vehicle ramming scenarios

Publication Year: 2023

Authors: Larcher M., Markovic D., (corresponding author) Saraceno S., Scattina A., Sebik M., Schumacher R., Valsamos G.

Publisher: Auburn University, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Protective Structures

Jrc ID: JRC132810

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2022

Document Overview

Title: Generic vehicle model N1

Publication Year: 2022

Authors: Sebik M., Popovic M., Kleteckova K.

Publisher: European Commission

Jrc ID: JRC130165

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2020

Document Overview

Title: A numerical framework to support the certification of barrier testing

Publication Year: 2020

Authors: VALSAMOS Georgios; LARCHER Martin; CASADEI Folco; KARLOS Vasileios

Publisher: Publications Office of the European Union

Jrc ID: JRC120307

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