Blast Capacity Evaluation of Pre-Engineered Building

Abstract

A series of dynamic tests was performed to evaluate the blast resistant capacity of pre-engineered buildings for use in Army Ammunition Plants. Test results indicated that conventional pre-engineered buildings can resist approximately 3.4 kPa (0.5 psi) of blast overpressures, while modified pre-engineered buildings can economically be strengthened to resist blast overpressures as large as 13.8 kPa (2 psi)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA068504

Entities

People

  • Joseph Caltagirone
  • Norval Dobbs
  • Paul Price
  • Samuel Weissman
  • William Stea

Organizations

  • Ammann & Whitney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Loads
  • Cameras
  • Construction
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Metric System
  • Photographs
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Measurement
  • United States
  • Yield Strength

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Systems Analysis and Design