Water is Cheapest & Safest as a Barricade

Abstract

In 1947 the Armament Research Establishment at Fort Halstead UK investigated water as a temporary expedient for the barricading of aerial bombs stored on airfields. Galvanised steel tanks were used to hold the water. The findings in Appendix 1 of their report no. 9/48 are repeated verbatim.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA525083

Entities

People

  • Robert D. Willcox

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ammunition
  • Bombs
  • Commerce
  • Detonations
  • Explosives
  • Fuel Oils
  • High Density
  • Information Operations
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Polystyrenes
  • Shock Waves
  • Thickness
  • Water
  • Water Supplies
  • Water Tanks

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Explosive Engineering.