The Storage of Bombs in All-Up Condition

Abstract

With the changing role of UK forces and, in particular, with reference to the Royal Air Force role in the Rapid Reaction Force, the logistic requirements for bomb storage are changing. Bombs may, in future, be stored in all-up condition, ie with fuses, fins etc assembled, and will be stored in all-up round containers (AURCs). They may also be stored in ISO containers. These changes of storage policy have repercussions in the ESTC rules governing the storage of bombs. In this paper the currently available test information regarding the effects of inter-stack stand-off, orientation, stacking height and traversing is reviewed and analyzed in the light of these new requirements. ISO container storage is not considered. Recommendations are made on the precautions to be taken to avoid inter-stack propagation in the event of the accidental initiation of one stack.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA509658

Entities

People

  • M. J. Gould

Organizations

  • Ministry of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ammunition
  • Bomb Cases
  • Bombs
  • Cluster Bombs
  • Concrete
  • Containers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detonations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Pentolite

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  • Materials Science
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