ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF PROTECTIVE WALL DESIGN

Abstract

Two aspects of the Picatinny Arsenal program for establishment of safety design criteria are discussed. Each is concerned with optimization of cubicle-type protective structures for manufacture and storage of explosives and/or high energy propellants. The first aspect considers the relative protection effectiveness of different construction materials. The second part deals with determination of optimum explosive charge distribution, within a cubicle, for minimization of explosion effects. Illustrative examples are presented for each case. Since this presentation in August 1962, certain revisions were made to the relationships defining blase reflection factors used in the illustrative examples. Based on these revisions, reflection effects as described in this paper are conservative. These revisions do not alter the design principles originally discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0403662

Entities

People

  • Leon W. Saffian
  • Richard M. Rindner

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter IED
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Blast
  • Blast Loads
  • Construction
  • Construction Materials
  • Design Criteria
  • Engineering
  • Explosion Effects
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • High Energy
  • High Energy Propellants
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Munitions
  • New Jersey

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.