Upgrade of the DRDC Suffield Blast Tube Facility

Abstract

Upgrade proposals are presented for the DRDC Suffield Blast Tube facility designed to extend its testing range and capabilities for conducting studies of structural response and injury from blast. By means of straightforward modifications, the facility's operational Pressure-Impulse (P-I) envelope can be greatly extended as well as its capacity to test full-scale responding targets. Blast conditions equivalent to those from charges of several kilograms of high-explosive to small tactical nuclear devices (O.2SKT) can be simulated. This extended capability can be achieved by the following modifications which can be implemented independently in phases if necessary.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA502267

Entities

People

  • Dave V. Ritzel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Tubes
  • Computational Modeling
  • Construction
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fuel Air Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • National Security
  • Shock Tubes
  • Test Facilities
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Explosive Engineering.