Airmobile Shelter Analysis. Volume 2
Abstract
This report summarizes research to develop operational requirements and design concepts for a new family of portable shelters (FOPS) that provide basic and upgradeable levels of protection from conventional weapon effects. The research focuses on identifying and reviewing applicable technology, developing and evaluating shelter concepts, and evaluating the feasibility of hardening the shelters against conventional weapon threats. The research products include a computational model for quantifying survivability from fragment effects, a multi-attribute shelter selection methodology, recommended shelter/hardening concepts, and a roadmap for shelter development. The fragment hardening analyses show that although significant hardness levels can be achieved by incorporating modern ballistic composites such as Kevlar, Spectra, and S2-glass, it is not feasible to integrally harden the entire shelter to Splinter levels of protection. For the small personnel shelter, the air beam shelter and Modular Extendable Rigid-Wall Shelter (MERWS) concepts consistently rank at or near the top of the multi-attribute utility rankings. For large area shelters, the arch supported panel and bin wall hangars are the leading concepts, except in cases where survivability is given little or no priority. In those cases, the air-and frame supported fabric shelters excel, Shelters, Protective, Portable.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA279760
Entities
People
- Francis M. Lavelle
- Lawrence A. Twisdale Jr.
- Robert A. Frank
Organizations
- Applied Research Associates (United States)