Blast Capacity Evaluation of a Strengthened Steel Building

Abstract

A series of dynamic tests were performed on a specially designed strengthened-steel building for use in Army Ammunition Plants. Test results indicated that the building can resist approximately 48.3 kPA (7.0 psi) of blast overpressures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA114540

Entities

People

  • Frederick E. Sock
  • Kirit Shah
  • Norval Dobbs
  • W. Stea

Organizations

  • Ammann & Whitney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Blast
  • Blast Loads
  • Cameras
  • Construction
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Engineers
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Gages
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Photographs
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.