Quantity-Distance Determination for Third Generation Aircraft Shelters (TGAS)
Abstract
Hazardous fragment clear zones for hardened aircraft shelters severely restrict combat operations. These clear zones are derived from data produced by the Distant Runner test series. The two Distant Runner tests which drive this criteria demonstrated catastrophic failure of the shelters loaded with 2,292 pounds and 9,168 pounds of explosives. Hazardous fragment clear zones must be applied when shelters contain more than 110 pounds of explosives. We felt that if we could determine the explosive weight at which incipient failure occurs, we could significantly reduce the required clear zones. Analysis of third generation hardened aircraft shelters revealed that catastrophic failure would not occur with explosives weights up to 1,000 pounds. Since 1,000 pounds of explosives in a shelter is an operationally viable explosives weight the Explosives Hazard Reduction Program sponsored the test program described in this paper.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA507246
Entities
People
- Joseph Jenus Jr.
Organizations
- Aeronautical Systems Center