THE RESPONSE OF CYLINDRICAL SHELLS TO EXTERNAL BLAST LOADING

Abstract

A method of predicting permanent deformation of thin-walled, unstiffened cylindrical shells to external blast loading from charges of high explosives is presented. Empirical relations are derived from a series of firings conducted at Aberdeen Proving Ground against scaled shells. The average deviation between the predicted and the actual blast pressures required for permanent deformation is 12%.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0406309

Entities

People

  • William J. Schuman Jr.

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aluminum
  • Diameters
  • Engineering
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Frequency Response
  • Gages
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • New York
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Pressure Gages
  • Strain Gages

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.