An On-Site Demilitarization Container for Unexploded Ordnance
Abstract
The Huntsville Engineering and Support Center, US Army Corps of Engineers, is the Corps' Mandatory Center of Expertise for Ordnance and Explosive Waste. The Huntsville Center is actively involved in the removal of unexploded weapons from active military installations, installations slated for closure, and formerly used defense sites. At many of these sites, ordnance has been discovered very close to schools, homes, and other inhabited and privately owned facilities. The removal of ordnance presents some hazards from the effects of an explosion, including blast overpressures and fragment projectiles. Both people and their property must be protected from these effects. Currently, all munitions must be buried before on-site detonation, or transported to a remote site for demolition. Huntsville Center has developed a containment structure for use in on-site demolition of unexploded ordnance. This structure is designed to contain the effects of the explosion and limit evacuation to a very small work area. The container uses innovative materials for the containment of fragments and reduction of overpressures. The container will permit onsite detonation of ordnance much more safely and efficiently. This paper presents the work involved in developing, fabricating, and proof testing the onsite demolition container. Analysis and design techniques are presented. Testing of innovative blast and fragment mitigating materials, and concept proof testing of the container, are discussed. The details of the final containment structure and limitations for its use are presented. A more detailed discussion of the development test program will be presented in a second paper immediately following this presentation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA513831
Entities
People
- Joseph M. Serena Iii