Calculation of the Internal Blast Pressures for Tunnel Magazine Tests

Abstract

An underground storage facility can be very complicated. It may include multiple storage chambers, access tunnels, and exits. Prediction of the internal and external pressure environment, for developing explosives safety criteria, has been done with limited success. The Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center was tasked by the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board to predict the internal blast environment for specific tunnel magazine tests. The dynamic pressure environment was calculated using AUTODYN-2D and -3D. Effects of tunnel geometry and media surrounding the tunnel on the load environment are presented and compared to test data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA509246

Entities

People

  • Keven Hager
  • Naury Birnbaum

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Ground Shock
  • Materials
  • Periodicals
  • Pressure Gages
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Static Pressure
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design