Bomb Damage Repair (BDR) Damaged Pavement Removal and Crater Backfill Equipment Study.

Abstract

Airfield bombing is a conventional denial tactic that an enemy may easily employ with great effectiveness; thereby reducing or eliminating the capability of retaliation by air strike. Rapid Bomb Damage Repair (BDR) is necessary to restore airfields sufficiently to launch and recover retaliatory aircraft. The objective of this contract was to improve the current procedures and equipment utilized by optimizing the results of previous BDR research. The study determined that with modification to the existing equipment and changes in removal of upheaval and backfill procedures that with modification to the existing equipment and changes in removal of upheaval and backfill procedures that a 2-hour repair time is possible. In order to realize the 2-hour repair time, the procedures outlined in AFR 93-2 for repairing 750- and 1000-pound bomb craters require modification with a section added to address the repair of craters generated by 25-pound delayed detonation weapons. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA047619

Entities

People

  • Edward Concha
  • Glen Erickson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Programs
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Construction Materials
  • Earth Fills
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Field Tests
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Mechanics
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies