Proceedings of the Army Symposium on Solid Mechanics, 1982 - Critical Mechanics Problems in Systems Design. Supplement
Abstract
The U.S. Army at Natick (NLABS) is presently conducting a program to develop a nuclear hardened, mobile, tactical shelter which would be used to house C3 systems. As part of this program, a prototype shelter was designed to withstand a blast loading corresponding to a 10.0 psi (68.9-kPa) incident overpressure. The hardened shelter was then constructed, instrumented and subjected to a simulated nuclear blast loading at the MILL RACE test, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The principal objectives of the test were to evaluate analytical methods for predicting shelter structural effects and shelter overturning effects induced by blast loading and to assess the validity of a particular design concept using conventional materials. Comparison of measured predicted values of shelter wall strain and shelter overturning motion confirm the validity of the analytical methods used. Test results demonstrated that a design featuring shear stiffened sandwich panels with aluminum face materials could withstand a nominal 10.0 psi incident shock loading. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA119498
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army Research Laboratory