PROTECTIVE CONSTRUCTION BY PROVED COMPONENTS

Abstract

A system is presented for protective construction by proved components. The development of concepts of design, actual designs and tables for material selections, and schemes for use of proved utilities together ith requirements for such utilities based on structure utilization are covered. The system is based on results of past nuclear weapons tests, high explosive tests, and nondestructive test programs. It is concluded that: (a) results of nuclear weapons effects tests are of sufficient scope and quality that a system of field protective construction is feasible; (b) the system of design presented allows a field engineer not trained in nuclear weapon effects to apply the result of nuclear tests to satisfy the requirements for protective structures; and (c) protective structures may be designed as an assembly of independent components reacting to blast or shock loadings in such a manner that the reaction of one does not weaken the resistance of another.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 21, 1961
Accession Number
AD0273202

Entities

People

  • Ralph H. Sievers Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Blast
  • Blast Loads
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction
  • Construction Materials
  • Engineers
  • Explosives
  • Groundwater
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects
  • Yield Strength

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Software Engineering
  • Theoretical Analysis.