AIR FORCE DESIGN MANUAL, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR DESIGN OF HARDENED STRUCTURES

Abstract

This is the second edition of the Air Force Design Manual, "Design of Protective Structures to Resist the Effects of Nuclear Weapons," AFSWC TR-59-70. Its intended use is for the planning and design of structures to resist the effects of nuclear weapons ranging into the megaton class. The emphasis is primarily on underground construction. The material presented is derived from existing knowledge and theory, so that the manual is also a report of the state of the art. Starting with general considerations of site selection and structural function, various phases of design are considered: free field phenomena in air and ground, material properties, failure criteria, architectural and mechanical features, radiation effects, surface openings, conversion of free-field phenomena to loads on structures, and the design and proportion of structural elements and structures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0295408

Entities

People

  • J. D. Haltiwanger
  • N. M. Newmark

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast Loads
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Construction
  • Crystal Structure
  • Explosives
  • Gamma Rays
  • Geometry
  • Groundwater
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Processing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Stress Strain Relations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design