STRUCTURAL MATERIALS FOR HARDENED PERSONNEL SHELTERS

Abstract

Structural materials are evaluated for use in fully-buried personnel shelters, located above the ground water table. Analytical relationships are supplied for the structural elements of these shelters, assuming shelter configurations of a rectangular cubicle, a horizontal 180 degree arch and full cylinder, and a 180 degree dome and full sphere. In-place costs are derived for suitable structural materials, and cost equations are supplied for estimating the in-place cost of structural elements. Various structural units are used in preparing alternative designs for a 100-man capacity shelter in the 10 to 200 psi over-pressure region. Cost trends are indicated, and minimum structural costs are related to design level of overpressure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0429134

Entities

People

  • John A. Havers

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

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  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Construction
  • Construction Materials
  • Elastic Properties
  • Ferrium
  • Fiber Reinforced Polymers
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Reinforced Plastics
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Structural Loads
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Structural Dynamics.