SciPan 4: Program Description and Test Results

Abstract

As part of the U.S. Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB) Project ESKIMORE, the U.S. has conducted the fourth test in its SciPan test series, which consists of full-scale donor/acceptor trials examining debris generation and acceptor response. The SciPan 1 and 2 tests and results were reported at the 2004 DDESB Seminar. SciPan 3 was reported on at the 2006 DDESB Seminar. The overall SciPan program is described, with emphasis on the debris generation results from SciPan 4. This event, which was conducted in August 2008 at Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, CA, was a 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) detonation of non-fragmenting munitions inside a typical reinforced concrete operating building. Results from this test including airblast effects, debris densities patterns, and fragmentation characteristics are presented. Comparisons of debris density as a function of azimuth and distance are made with analytical debris prediction models, as well as with traditional Quantity-Distance criteria.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA532254

Entities

People

  • John W. Tatom
  • Michael. M. Swisdak Jr
  • Robert T. Conway

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Blast
  • Cameras
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detonations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • Photographs
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

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  • Explosive Engineering.