Operation PLUMBBOB. Test of German Underground Personnel Shelters

Abstract

The objective of Project 30.7 was to investigate the predicted behavior of German underground personnel shelters, equipment, and certain instrumentation. Data obtained will be used for evaluation and improvement of present design criteria. Nine reinforced-concrete underground shelters, designed by German engineers, were tested at the 170-, 155-, 110-, 78-, 26-, 11.5-, and 7.2-psi overpressure ranges as determined from average blast-line instrumentation measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 25, 1962
Accession Number
ADA397362

Entities

People

  • A. Bottenhofer
  • Edward Cohen

Organizations

  • Ammann & Whitney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast Loads
  • Civil Defense
  • Construction
  • Detectors
  • Dosimeters
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Gamma Rays
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shock Response Spectra
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • United States

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  • Explosive Engineering.
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