Blast Load Generator Facilities and Investigations of Dynamically Loaded Concrete Slabs
Abstract
Due to the complicated nature of many of the problems associated with weapons effects and to the moratorium on full-scale nuclear weapon tests, it was necessary to develop other means of obtaining needed experimental data; hence, laboratory facilities were developed to simulate the various effects associated with the detonation of a nuclear device. After a considerable amount of planning and effort, one such laboratory facility, the Blast Load Generator, was developed at the U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES). Recently the Blast Load Generator facility has been used to investigate the response of reinforced concrete slabs subjected to airblast loading.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0747825
Entities
People
- D. R. Denton
- J. V. Dawsey
- W. J. Flathau