Blast Valve Tests

Abstract

A modified section of an underground communication building was constructed at the Defence Research Establishment, Suffield, and experiments were conducted to determine blast-valve performance, overpressures in the air shaft and downstream plenums, and overpressure damage to air ducts. The air ducts were installed in order to give an indication of the expected damage to air-conditioning equipment which would be caused by overpressure pulses. The experiments were conducted in the PRAIRIE FLAT and DIAL PACK Events. Both experiments employed 500 tons of TNT to produce the blast effects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 08, 1972
Accession Number
AD0753804

Entities

People

  • Eugene F. Witt
  • George Nevrincean

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Blast
  • Control Systems
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Dynamic Response
  • Internal Pressure
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Equipment
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Switches
  • Rarefaction
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Sheet Metal
  • Shock Tubes
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waveforms
  • Yield Strength

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Explosive Engineering.