Accordion Shelter Hardware Analysis

Abstract

This report presents the results of an investigation into some of the hardware difficulties experienced with the accordion shelter during field tests. The accordion shelter is a prototype rigid-wall, general purpose, expandable military shelter. In the closed transportation configuration the shelter serves as its own shipping container and conforms to the dimensional and strength requirements of the International Organization for Standardization Type IC freight container. In the habitation mode the container expands from both sides to form an inclosed, environmentally controlled, lighted shelter approximately 2.4 metres high by 2.4 metres wide by 15.2 metres long. The main problem areas are identified as container jacks, floor jacks, leveling system, and expansion system. The specific causes of the problems are identified and solutions to the problems are proposed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA053592

Entities

People

  • Franklin Barca
  • Predrag Shopalovich

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Containers
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Field Tests
  • Fittings
  • Honeycomb Cores
  • International Organizations
  • Leveling
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Prototypes
  • Shipping
  • Shipping Containers
  • Standardization
  • Transportation

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Theoretical Analysis.