AIRBLAST LOADING OF A LARGE METAL SHIPPING CONTAINER: LABORATORY INVESTIGATION

Abstract

The objective of the program was to determine if a large metal shipping contaier would provide a sufficient degree of protection from simulated nuclear weapon blast effects to make it suitable as a small protective shelter. The report describes the tests of two Container Express (CONEX) containers that were instrumented and subjected to blast loads in the Large Blast Load Generator (LBLG) facility at the U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0710961

Entities

People

  • Gary L. Carre
  • Robert E. Walker

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Loads
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Internal Pressure
  • Measurement
  • Overpressure
  • Payload
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shipping
  • Shipping Containers
  • Strain Gages
  • Waterways
  • Weapon Blast
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

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  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Materials Science