Bomb Damage Repair (BDR) Damage Prediction. Volume 1. Technical Discussion

Abstract

Several test programs have been conducted in recent years to define the level of damage sustained by airfield pavement systems which are subjected to conventional weapon detonations. Knowledge of airfield damage and the capability to predict damage from possible hostile attack are required to allow Bomb Damage Repair (BDR) personnel to plan base recovery activity and rapid runway repair. The objective of the effort reported herein was to collect existing data on airfield pavement effects, as functions of pavement and weapon parameters, identify those parameters having a significant effect on pavement damage, repair time and effort, and generate damage prediction relationships for use by BDR engineers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA020941

Entities

People

  • George W. Brooks
  • John E. Cunningham
  • Paul W. Mayer

Organizations

  • Martin Marietta

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Bomb Damage
  • Civil Engineering
  • Classification
  • Construction
  • Corporations
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • New Mexico
  • Research Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.