Design of the WES Centrifuge (Phase 3A and 3B)

Abstract

The detailed design of the WES centrifuge and the outline design of the containment structure are now complete. ANS&A has worked closely with the designers of the centrifuge, Acutronic SA of France, and with the different Laboratoiies of the US Army Corps of Engineers to ensure that the new capabilities that will be established by the commissioning of the centrifuge meet as far as possible the research goals set out in the WFS Broad Agency Announcement of December 1988. ANS&A's programme of Quality Assurance has provided a smooth interface between the future users of the facility and the design and specification of the centrifuge and its associated appurtenances. The involvement of all of the Research Laboratories of the Corps of Engineers in the centrifuge project has led to a broadening of the research goals set out in ANS&A's response to the WES BAA and ANS&A's Quality Assurance activities have also widened in their scope to accommodate this welcome development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1993
Accession Number
ADA284638

Entities

People

  • A. N. Schofield
  • R. S. Steedman

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Boundaries
  • Cold Regions
  • Construction
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fluid Flow
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Glaciers
  • Groundwater
  • Mechanics
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Weapons Effects

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  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
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