YIELDING MEMBRANE ELEMENTS IN PROTECTIVE CONSTRUCTION

Abstract

The report covers an investigation of the feasibility of the application of doubly-curved shell structures to the problem of sheltering people from the blast effects of nuclear weapons. The steel shell works best in tension. Under certain conditions a 1/4 inch thick steel membrane will carry more load than a 19 inch thick concrete slab reinforced with steel at a rate of 4.08 inches per square foot. The membrane itself uses less steel than the reinforced concrete slab. Favorable soil-structure interaction effects are introduced with the yielding membranes. Boundary supports and full scale testing are items that need more attention as parts of future investigation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 28, 1965
Accession Number
AD0625782

Entities

People

  • H. Harrenstien
  • J. Salmons
  • John A. Burns
  • R. Gunderson
  • S. Hansen

Organizations

  • University of Arizona

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Civil Defense
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineers
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Security
  • Soil Structure Interactions
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Two Dimensional
  • Yield Strength

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Structural Dynamics.