Reinforced Soil Ammunition Magazine Full Scale Tests

Abstract

The paper includes the description of full scale tests conducted in Israel on an innovative reinforced soil ammunition magazine, developed by Terre Armee Ltd, Israel. The tests were performed jointly by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) and the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency (AFCESA) in May 1990. The reinforced soil ammunition magazine was subjected to a full-scale explosion of an adjacent magazine and withstood it's effects without any damage. Several conventional weapons explosions around the structure were also performed, to check it's structural response and failure modes. Following the explosive full scale tests, detailed construction drawings of the magazine were compiled by Eytan Building Design Ltd. and the system was approved by the Israeli Air Force as an alternative solution to the standard reinforced concrete magazine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA498820

Entities

People

  • Reuben Eytan
  • Richard A. Reid
  • Yermi Negri
  • Yori Sofrin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Ammunition
  • Civil Defense
  • Civil Engineering
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Gages
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Military Organizations
  • Munitions
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Standards
  • Structural Response

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  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.