Analytical Certification of ARMCO Revetments for Preventing Sympathetic Detonation

Abstract

ARMCO revetment walls are used as barricades to separate and prevent sympathetic detonation (SD) among munitions. These revetment walls are constructed and located to form modules to protect ordnance handling and aircraft servicing areas. The Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center was tasked by the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board to determine by analogy and analysis the maximum credible event for which ARMCO revetment modules prevent SD of thin case and robust case munitions. Based on analysis and test results, it is recommended that the maximum net explosive weight (NEW) stored in an ARMCO revetment module with 7-foot thick revetment walls be limited to 18,000-lb when thin case ordnance is located in an adjacent module.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA498797

Entities

People

  • James Tancreto
  • Kevin Hager
  • Michael Swisdak

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bombs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detonations
  • Energetic Materials
  • Engineering
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Plastic Bonded Explosives
  • Revetments
  • Standoff
  • Structural Response
  • Sympathetic Detonations
  • Two Dimensional
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security