Peacekeeper Quantity-Distance Verification Program and Addendum.
Abstract
The Dept. of the Air Force Inspector General established, for planning purposes, an estimate of 1750 feet as the quantity-distance (Q-D) for Peacekeeper missiles in Minuteman silos. This report presents a detailed overview of the test program and analytical investigations directed toward verification of the Q-D criteria associated with an accidental explosion of a Peacekeeper missile in a Minuteman silo. Three tests were conducted involving the detonation of Pentolite charges within scale model structures representative of a Wing V Minuteman silo. Measurements were made of airblast effects and structural debris and soil ejecta distributions. Calculations of airblast phenomena were made by means of a computer program for the purpose of establishing test predictions. Structural fragmentation characteristics were investigated with estimates established of fragment dimensions, number and launch parameters. A debris scaling method was developed consisting of a statistical simulation technique and a trajectory limitation approach. Test data were analyzed in relation to scaling of airblast effects over the domain of the test results, and identification of significant properties of the structural debris and soil ejecta, such as dimensions, shape factor, sources, and density variations with range. Scaling evaluations were performed to determine appropriate Q-D values for airblast and hazardous fragments corresponding to a full-scale event.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA146222
Entities
People
- B. Sussholz