A Summary of Analysis and Test Support for the Munitions Survivability Technology Program
Abstract
The Munitions Survivability Technology (MST) program was initiated by the U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Logistics Activity to develop a rapidly deployable system of fragment barricades combined with lightweight fire-inhibiting blankets, with guidelines for their use to prevent or reduce propagation of explosions and fire between stacks of Army munitions. In order to ensure the maximum effectiveness of such systems, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory undertook a program to elucidate relevant propagation mechanisms, reactance predictive techniques for propagation, and develop data required for the evaluation of the system to be fielded. Available resources included the FRAGPROP model for predicting propagation of detonation and burning reactions between ammunition stacks, the FRAGGEN model for predicting fragmentation of items that are not characterized in arena tests, existing data on gun propellant and rocket motor vulnerability to fragment attack, analyses and test procedures developed in conjunction with the Navy's High-Performance Magazine program, and data from hazard classification tests. The MST program was divided into three broad areas: (1) fragment propagation, (2) crushing propagation, and (3) fire propagation. Tests, simulations, and analyses were conducted in each of these areas. The program culminated in two large-scale demonstration tests.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA392621
Entities
People
- John D. Sullivan
- John Starkenberg
- Richard E. Lottero
- Wai K. Chin
- Warren W. Hillstrom
Organizations
- United States Army Research Laboratory