Design, Development, and Demonstration of an Easy-Fix Method for Re- Deploying Damaged Tactical Shelters

Abstract

Tactical shelters are susceptible to a variety of types of in-service damage. This can result from battle damage, handling/transport damage, and environmental damage, and can be of a structural or functional nature. Structural damage consists of damage of sufficient extent to walls, roof, floor, or frame that transportability of the shelter is jeopardized. Easy-Fix is a concept for providing the means to evacuate structurally damaged, non- operational shelters using helicopter external airlift capabilities. Several material systems were evaluated, namely steel, aluminum, metal matrix composite, and polymeric composite, and all provided acceptable individual member and total system weights for the shelter under consideration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA196131

Entities

People

  • Daniel R. Bowman

Organizations

  • University of Dayton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Composite Materials
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Helicopters
  • Mass Production
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanics
  • Metal Matrix Composites
  • Military Personnel
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Strain Gages
  • Students

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.