BLAST EFFECTS ON U. S. ARMY WATER-STORAGE CONTAINERS

Abstract

The report covers a study made at the Suffield Experimental Station, Canada, investigating the vulnerability to blast of current military water- storage tanks and experimental, pillow-type, water-storage containers relative to: (1) shock damage, and (2) water contamination resulting from air-borne dust. Tanks filled with water were exposed to the effects of a 500-ton TNT detonation. The results of the study indicate that: (1) rubberized-fabric, water-storage tanks, both of the pillow and the upright-cylinder type (with the exception of the top cover cloth which is subject to damage with overpressures as low as 5.2 psi), can withstand the shock effects from a high explosive detonation up to 9.8-psi overpressure; (2) flying debris can cause extensive damage, regardless of overpressure; and (3) the water in upright, cylinder tanks can become contaminated with sufficient air-borne dust to be above tolerances if the detonation is a nuclear one; whereas, the water in pillow tanks remains uncontaminated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0625396

Entities

People

  • Don C. Lindsten
  • Paul E. Desrosiers

Organizations

  • United States Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Civil Defense
  • Drinking Water
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fabrics
  • Fission Products
  • Ground Zero
  • Health Services
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Radioactive Materials
  • Storage Tanks
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Water Supplies
  • Water Tanks
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security