Disposal of Excess and Waste Explosives in Confined Chambers.

Abstract

A new concept in excess and waste military explosive material disposal envisions that conventional military ordnance material be disposed of in large batch configurations by detonation/deflagration in confined underground chambers. The gaseous products of the disposal event could be vented, if desired, to appropriate recovery or environmental control equipment, or left to vent naturally through the surrounding earth filter. The purpose of this work is to determine the percentage concentration of the major gaseous products that are produced by the disposal of conventional military explosives in a laboratory-scale confined chamber and related these results to full scale implementation of this new concept in conventional explosive disposal.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0765701

Entities

People

  • Frank Alexander Visted

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buildings And Structures
  • Control Systems
  • Deflagration
  • Detonations
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Laboratory Equipment
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Munitions
  • Recovery
  • Research Facilities
  • Weapons Support Equipment

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Explosive Engineering.