Pressure Vessel Burst Test Program

Abstract

An updated progress report is provided on a program developed to study through test and analysis, the characteristics of blast waves and fragmentation generated by ruptured gas filled pressure vessels. The initial paper on this USAF/NASA/General Physics program was presented to the AIAA in July 1990. Since the initial paper, several pressure vessels have been burst characteristics and utilized a well instrumented arena. Data trends for current experiments are presented. This paper is the second progress report on the program and addresses: (1) a brief review of current methods for assessing vessel safety and burst parameters, (2) a review of pneumatic burst testing operations and testing results, including a comparison to current methods for burst assessment and (3) a review of the basis for the current test program including planned testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 17, 1991
Accession Number
ADA237845

Entities

People

  • D.J. Sharp
  • M. Cain
  • Michael F. Coleman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • Corporations
  • Detonations
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fabrication
  • Geometry
  • Height Of Burst
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Shaped Charges
  • Sites

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Software Engineering
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.