Amphibious Assault Landing Craft Program: Large Pallet Development

Abstract

To complement the high speed of the advanced craft being developed by the Amphibious Assault Landing Craft Program, a need exists to consolidate cargo into larger unit loads in order to improve the material handling rates at the terminals of the ship-to-shore cycle. This report documents the design, fabrication, test, and evaluation of four prototype large pallets, 8 x 9 feet in area, each capable of carrying four standard 40 x 48-inch pallets. The prototype pallets include a wooden, a folded-plate, an aluminum, and a strongback design. Each pallet functioned well with respect to its specific design criteria; however, no one pallet was clearly superior to the other three alternatives, and none fulfilled all the design criteria.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0721328

Entities

People

  • Joseph A. Drelicharz
  • Robert W. Julian

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Cargo
  • Civil Engineering
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Construction Materials
  • Design Criteria
  • Drop Tests
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Marine Corps
  • Mass Production
  • Materials
  • Production
  • Ships
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
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