Environmental Monitoring of Rapid Deployment Ammunition at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Abstract

The U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center (DAC), Validation Engineering Division (SIOAC-DEV), was tasked by the Defense Ammunition Logisitcs Activity (AMMOLOG) to monitor environmental conditions of ammunition items in open storage under tarpaulins at Ft. Bragg, NC. Results from monitoring indicated that the tarpaulins provided little to no protection from the effects of solar radiation with portions of the ammunition reaching temperatures of 140 degrees Fahrenheit. The tarpaulins did, however, provide sufficient protection from moisture with the humidity under the tarpaulins remaining at or below the ambient humidity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA328520

Entities

People

  • Quinn D. Hartman

Organizations

  • Defense Ammunition Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ammunition
  • Classification
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Graphs
  • Humidity
  • Logistics
  • Moisture
  • Monitoring
  • Munitions
  • Radiation
  • Rapid Deployment
  • Solar Radiation
  • Validation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.